Stephen King’s The Stand is just one of those books I am compelled to revisit from time to time.
The setting of a post-apocolytic world where only a few have survived a deadly disease creates many interesting practical dilemmas that the characters must address – who is left that knows how to make electricity? what use are the life skills you have previously mastered? In this new world the ability to snare and skin a rabbit far outweighs the skill set that made you CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
Of course it wouldn’t be King – or “good” King – if there wasn’t an element of the other-worldly. So evil really does have a face – and cowboy boots as well! Ultimately this becomes a battle between good and evil, and who could argue that such a conflict has driven many of the best books any of us have read.
If this “apocolypse-now” genre appeals to you, then I would recommend The Hammer.