The Dead Zone [B0503]

1979 HCDJ, Book Club edition in nice clean condition. Waking up from a five-year coma after a car accident, former schoolteacher Johnny Smith discovers that he can see people's futures and pasts when he touches them. Many consider his talent a gift; Johnny feels cursed. His fiancé married another man during his coma and people clamor for him to solve their problems. When Johnny has a disturbing vision after he shakes the hand of an ambitious and amoral politician, he must decide if he should take drastic action to change the future.

From very recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This was released in 1979 and is probably more eye-opening-ly unsettling now that it was back then."; "This isn't flashy horror. This is cold dread that sinks in like winter. The Dead Zone is Stephen King stripped of gore and ghosts - it's just one man, one cursed ability, and a future that refuses to change. The Dead Zone is a slow-burning, cerebral horror story about fate, morality, and the unbearable weight of knowing. It's not scary because of what Johnny sees - it's scary because he's right. And no one listens until it's far too late. It's not about saving the world. It's about being willing to try, even if it ruins you. Even if no one ever knows."; "This is tied with Pet Sematary for my fave King novel. It's also scarily timely."