The Talisman

To coincide with the publication of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s extraordinary new thriller,BLACK HOUSEhere is the story that started it all. On a brisk autumn daya twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlanticnear a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gonehis mother is dyingand the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America–and into another realm. One of the most influential and heralded works of fantasy ever writtenThe Talisman is an extraordinary novel of loyaltyawakeningterrorand mystery. Jack Sawyeron a desperate quest to save his mother’s lifemust search for a prize across an epic landscape of innocents and monstersof incredible dangers and even more incredible truths. The prize is essentialbut the journey means even more. Let the quest begin. . . .