Canadian James Corbett....stephen kings book CELL..not fiction..book is now found in history section

Clayton Riddell, a struggling artist from Maine, lands a graphic novel deal in Boston when "The Pulse", a signal sent over the global cell phone network, turns cell phone users into zombie-like killers. Civilization crumbles as the "phoners" attack anyone in view.

Amidst the chaos, Clay is thrown together with middle-aged Thomas McCourt and fifteen-year-old Alice Maxwell; the trio escapes to Tom's suburban home as Boston burns. The next day, the "phoners" forage for food and band together. Clay is determined to return to Maine and reunite with his son, Johnny. Tom and Alice reluctantly come with him. They trek north across a devastated New England, having fleeting encounters with other survivors and catching hints about the activities of the phoners, who attack non-phoners on sight.

Crossing into New Hampshire, they arrive at the Gaiten Academy, a prep school where only Headmaster Charles Ardai and pupil Jordan are unaffected. Every night, the local phoners pack themselves into the academy's soccer field and "switch off" until morning. They have become a hive mind and are developing psychic abilities. The five survivors destroy the flock using propane tankers.

Clay tries to get everyone to flee, but the others refuse to abandon the elderly Ardai. That night, the survivors share the same nightmare: they see themselves in a stadium, surrounded by phoners, as a disheveled man wearing a Harvard hoodie approaches. Waking, they share their dream and dub him "The Raggedy Man". A new flock surrounds their residence; its leader is the Raggedy Man. The flock kills other normals in reprisal and orders the group to journey to a location in Maine called "Kashwak". The flock psychically compels Ardai to commit suicide. Clay and the others bury Ardai before departing.