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Night Journey follows the staff of a 1932 Georgia penitentiary, featuring Warden Hal Moores, his wife Melinda, and former inmate Paul Edgecombe. Their ordinary lives intersect when Paul discovers Melinda's brain tumor.
Confronted with the impossible, Paul and a group of E Block guards devise a perilous plan to escort the supernatural inmate John Coffey out during the night, defying prison rules and risking their careers and safety.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Stephen King
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[1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14916772W/Jerusalem's_Lot
[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149153W/Quitters_Inc
[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81608W/Night_Shift
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