"Wake up, genius" - with these words begins a new amazing novel by Stephen King, a book about the power of the Word, to some extent continuing the story that the writer began in the novel "Mr. Mercedes", and at the same time echoing one of his best works - "Misery" The genius is the writer Rothstein, formerly a rebel, and now the recluse has not published anything for many years. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t write anything. In his house there are many drafts waiting for "his hour" . Collections of poems, stories and even the continuation of the famous saga that changed the fate of almost a whole generation of Rothstein fans But now the fate of the writer himself makes a sharp turn - draftsmen are kidnapped, and Rothstein is brutally killed … However, it will be many years before the writer's notebooks resurface to connect people involved in the tragic events associated with Mr. Mercedes in the most incomprehensible way.