Revival
by Stephen King
Narrated by David Morse
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
David Morse spends 13 hours luring you into a quietly devastating trap — and the ending will either haunt you or infuriate you.
- Great if you want: creeping existential dread over jump scares
- Listening experience: slow, elegiac build across decades — not a thriller
- Narration: Morse's weathered gravitas suits a narrator haunted by regret
- Skip if: King's cosmic horror endings frustrate you — this one divides readers
About This Audiobook
Jamie Morton's life becomes entangled with the enigmatic Reverend Charles Jacobs when they first meet in a small New England town during the 1960s. Their unusual friendship, built around a shared fascination with electricity and its mysterious properties, spans decades as both men navigate personal tragedies and obsessions. When Jamie grows up to become a struggling musician battling heroin addiction, he encounters Jacobs again—now operating as a traveling faith healer who uses his electrical experiments to perform seemingly miraculous cures. As their paths continue to cross over the years, Jamie discovers that Jacobs harbors a terrifying secret about the true nature of his powers and the price of his supernatural interventions.
David Morse delivers a masterful narration that captures both the folksy charm of small-town America and the mounting dread that permeates King's tale. His weathered voice perfectly embodies Jamie's journey from wide-eyed boy to world-weary musician, while his portrayal of the charismatic yet sinister Jacobs crackles with barely contained menace. Morse's pacing allows the slow-burn horror to build naturally across the decades-spanning narrative, making the story's shocking revelations land with devastating impact. His performance transforms this meditation on faith, obsession, and the terrible cost of knowledge into an utterly gripping audio experience.
