Read Part One of Stephen King‎'‎s ‎"‎wildly entertaining‎"‎ ‎(‎People‎)‎ #1 New York Times bestselling novel and the inspiration for the hit CBS television drama‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ On an entirely normal‎,‎ beautiful fall day in Chester‎'‎s Mill‎,‎ Maine‎,‎ the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field‎.‎ Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage‎,‎ a gardener‎'‎s hand is severed as ‎"‎the dome‎"‎ comes down on it‎,‎ people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families‎,‎ and cars explode on impact‎.‎ No one can fathom what this barrier is‎,‎ where it came from‎,‎ and when‎-‎-or if‎-‎-it will go away‎.‎ Dale Barbara‎,‎ Iraq vet and now a short‎-order cook‎,‎ finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens‎-‎-town newspaper owner Julia Shumway‎,‎ a physician‎'‎s assistant at the hospital‎,‎ a select‎-woman‎,‎ and three brave kids‎.‎ Against them stands Big Jim Rennie‎,‎ a politician who will stop at nothing‎-‎-even murder‎-‎-to hold the reins of power‎,‎ and his son‎,‎ who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry‎.‎ But their main a‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎