Shining by Stephen King

These excerpts introduce Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy, and their son Danny as they arrive at the isolated Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies, where Jack has taken a job as the winter caretaker. The narrative hints at past troubles, including Jack's alcoholism and a violent incident with Danny. Danny possesses a unique, unsettling sensitivity that he refers to as "Tony," which seems to foresee disturbing events and shows him visions of the hotel's sinister history, including a previous caretaker who murdered his family. Mr. Ullman, the hotel manager, vaguely warns Jack about the dangers of isolation and the hotel's dark past, notably mentioning a former caretaker's violent breakdown. The family settles into the ominous quiet of the closed hotel, unaware of the malevolent forces that begin to stir within its walls, amplified by the isolation and the approaching winter snows, setting a tone of mounting dread and foreshadowing psychological and potentially supernatural threats. A character named Hallorann, who seems to share Danny's sensitivity ("the shining"), has a brief interaction with Danny, hinting at a shared understanding of the hotel's unsettling nature.