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