At Cold mountain Penitentiary, along the stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers such as 'Billy the Kid' Wharton and thepossessed Eduard Delacroix await death strappe into Old Sparky. Guards as decent as Paul Edgecombe and as sadistic as Percy Wetmore watch over them. But good or evil, innocent or guilty,none have ever seen the brutal likes of the new prisoner, John Coffey, sentenced to death for raping and murdering 2 young girls. Is Coffey a devil in human form? Or is he a far, far from different kinf of being? There are more wonders in heaven and hell than anyone at Cold Mountain can imagine; Stephen King delivers a revelation that will truly blow your mind.