danny torrance

Daniel Anthony "Danny" Torrance is the five-year-old son of Jack and Wendy. He has the "Shining" which allows him to read people's minds, and speak with other people with the "Shining" ability which makes him a target of the Hotel. It also allows him to see past, present, and future events through his "guide", Tony.As an adult, Danny (now going simply by Dan) takes up his father's legacy of anger and alcoholism. Dan spends years drifting across the country, but eventually makes his way to New Hampshire and decides to give up drinking. He settles in the small town of Frazier, working first at a tourist attraction and then at a hospice, and attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. His psychic "shining" abilities, long suppressed by his drinking, re-emerge and allow him to provide comfort to dying patients. Aided by a cat who can sense when someone is about to die, Dan acquires the nickname "Doctor Sleep."…more