11.23.63 Stephen King Jun 2026

The premise of 11/22/63 is deceptively simple. Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, is shown a time portal in the pantry of a local diner owner, Al Templeton. This "rabbit hole" leads to only one specific moment in time: 11:58 a.m. on September 9, 1958.

Having broken the timeline, Jake has a choice: return to 1958 and un-save JFK, resetting history to its flawed, familiar course. But to do that, he has to live through the years with Sadie again—and then erase everything they shared. She will not remember him. Their love will be a ghost in a timeline that never was. 11.23.63 stephen king