The Talisman

by King, Stephen; Straub, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780425081815
• ISBN10: 0425081818
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley

Summary

To coincide with the publication of Stephen King and Peter Straub's extraordinary new thriller, BLACK HOUSE, here is the story that started it all. On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and 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 written, The Talisman is an extraordinary novel of loyalty, awakening, terror, and mystery. Jack Sawyer, on a desperate quest to save his mother's life, must search for a prize across an epic landscape of innocents and monsters, of incredible dangers and even more incredible truths. The prize is essential, but the journey means even more. Let the quest begin. . . .

Author Biography

Stephen King, the world's bestselling novelist, was educated at the University of Maine at Orono. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, and their children in Bangor, Maine.

Peter Straub is one of America’s foremost authors of supernatural and suspense fiction. He is the New York Times bestselling author of a dozen novels, including the horror classic Ghost Story and The Talisman, which he cowrote with Stephen King. His latest novel, Black House—also written with King—is a #1 New York Times bestseller. A past president of the Horror Writers of America and multiple award winner, he lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Jack Lights Out
The Alhambra Inn and Gardens	p. 3
The Funnel Opens	p. 13
Speedy Parker	p. 27
Jack Goes Over	p. 47
Jack and Lily	p. 65
Interlude: Sloat in This World (I)	p. 80
The Road of Trials
The Queen's Pavillion	p. 93
Farren	p. 105
The Oatley Tunnel	p. 143
Jack in the Pitcher Plant	p. 155
Elroy	p. 179
The Death of Jerry Bledsoe	p. 193
Jack Goes to the Market	p. 209
The Men in the Sky	p. 216
Buddy Parkins	p. 237
Snowball Sings	p. 251
Wolf	p. 267
Interlude: Sloat in This World (II)	p. 274
Wolf and the Herd	p. 276
Wolf Goes to the Movies	p. 288
Jack in the Box	p. 308
A Collision of Worlds
Taken by the Law	p. 335
The Sunlight Home	p. 349
The Sermon	p. 362
Ferd Janklow	p. 380
Jack Names the Planets	p. 394
Jack and Wolf Go to Hell	p. 403
Wolf in the Box	p. 415
Jack Lights Out Again	p. 442
Jack's Dream	p. 446
Richard at Thayer	p. 453
Thayer Gets Weird	p. 466
Thayer Goes to Hell	p. 471
"Send Out Your Passenger!"	p. 476
Richard in the Dark	p. 487
Interlude: Sloat in This World / Orris in the Territories (III)	p. 505
The Talisman
Anders	p. 517
Interlude: Sloat in This World (IV)	p. 535
The Blasted Lands	p. 539
Jack and Richard Go to War	p. 572
Richard Remembers	p. 591
The End of the Road	p. 619
Point Venuti	p. 626
Speedy on the Beach	p. 640
Interlude: Sloat in This World (V)	p. 655
The Black Hotel	p. 661
Jack and the Talisman	p. 677
News from Everywhere	p. 694
The Earthquake	p. 703
In Which Many Things Are Resolved on the Beach	p. 720
Another Journey	p. 741
Journey's End	p. 754
Epilogue	p. 769
Conclusion	p. 770
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