Danny is only five years old but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner' aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel Danny's visions grow out of control. As winter closes in & blizzards cut them off the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217 & who are the masked guests going up & down in the elevator? & why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive? Somewhere somehow there is an evil force in the hotel
- & that too is beginning to shine.. .