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. But aw winter closes in and the blizzards cut them off, the empty hotel seems to develop a life of its own. Why are masked guests riding in the elevator, and who is the lady in Room 217? Somewhere, somewho, there is an evil force in the hotel - and that, too, is beginning to shine..