Cell is an apocalyptic novel by Stephen King. On October 1, a computer program which will later be known as the Pulse is set loose through every cell-phone in the world. Anyone using a cell is immediately infected and becomes homicidely crazy. Violence is loosed as millions become savage maniacs and kill any who cross their path.
Those who understand that the phones should not be touched strive to survive against the tidal wave of violence. Clay Riddell, a graphic artist, is on a visit to Boston when the Pulse hits. He runs for his life and with other survivors he meets along the way makes his way out of Boston and heads for Maine where his wife and son live. He doesn't know whether they're alright or even sane, yet he has to go.
Over time, the people struck by the Pulse, the phoners evolve and develop telepathic abilities. They lack in hygiene and healt so lose many of their numbers, but they are so many to begin with that it matters very little. They also develop group consciousness and traevl in flocks. Clay and his friends must travel by night as the phoners rule by day.
They try to fight back, manage to blow up a single flock of a few hundred Phoners, but soon the Phoners' psychic abilities prove too much for active struggle. The Phoners lead the survivors to a place where they can "process" them: turn them into Phoners and complete the takeover of the Pulse. It is here that Clay knows he'll find his wife and son, though not in what condition. It is also here where the final chance for a showdown lies, if Clay and his friends will only know how to take it.
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