The Stand By Stephen King

First 27 Pages
The first part of the book introduces a few of the main characters. A man is seen driving down the road in a chevy from a group of people at a gas station. The man crashes and the group investigates to find the guy unconcsious and sick. The man's family, who were in the car as well are all dead, which the group lies to the man about after he wakes up. The man is then sent to the hospital and dies 20 miles away from it.
Another character is introduced as a girl recently discovering she was pregnet. She tells her boyfriend about it who comes to the conclusion of them either aborting it, or he'll marry her and take care of it and gives her the decision to make.
A family is also introduced as a few of them start to gain cold like symptoms.