The Talisman (the Talisman Book 1)

By (author) Stephen King; By (author) King, Stephen; By (author) Straub, Peter
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The iconic and terrifying collaboration from two of the greatest storytellers of our time...
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The iconic and terrifying collaboration from two of the greatest storytellers of our time...

Twelve-year-old Jack spends his days alone in a deserted coastal town, his father gone, his mother dying. Then he meets a stranger - and embarks on a terrifying journey. For Jack must find the Talisman, the only thing that can save his mother.

His quest takes him into the menacing Territories, a parallel world where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape.

''Extraordinary . . . makes your hair stand on end'' Washington Post

''The ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft'' Independent

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One of the most brilliant and chilling thrillers of modern times ... a thrill-a-minute ghost train ride of a novel, filled with astonishingly vivid characters. Reading it is like holding on to a live electric wire. You may want to put it down, but you find that you can''t
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Fabulous ... the ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft
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Chilling horror story or fantastic journey through a strange world ... the book works like ... well, like magic
Biographical note
Stephen King is the author of more than 40 novels and 200 short stories. In 2003 he received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, in Bangor, Maine. Peter Straub was the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, most recently of A DARK MATTER. LOST BOY LOST GIRL and IN THE NIGHT ROOM are winners of the Bram Stoker Award. He died in 2022.
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A chilling tale from two of the greatest storytellers of our time...