The Shining by Stephen King is a chilling psychological horror novel that follows Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who takes a job as the winter caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel. Along with his wife Wendy and young son Danny, Jack hopes to rebuild his life, but the hotel's dark, sinister influence begins to unravel his sanity. As Danny's psychic abilities reveal the hotel's terrifying secrets, the family must fight to survive as Jack falls under the hotel's malevolent control. With its intense atmosphere and spine-tingling suspense, The Shining is a haunting exploration of isolation, madness, and the supernatural.