Salem's Lot is a quiet small town on the American East Coast, until the writer Ben Mears returns after many years. He shows a particular interest in the Marsten House, which has been empty since the mysterious death of its residents in 1939. An eerie force emanates from it, and soon it becomes clear who is haunting Salem's Lot: a vampire. Mears takes on the fight against the power of evil. However, this venture comes at a terrible cost. Stephen King's classic of horror literature is released for the first time in a luxury edition, supplemented with archival material, newly illustrated, and featuring two completely new stories set in Salem's Lot, the town of vampires.