The Talisman Book

Jack Sawyer twelve years o d, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying, quest for the Talisman-for only the Talisman can save Jack's dying mother and defeat the enemy who is out to destroy them both. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States y but through the wondrous and menacing Territories as well.The Territories lie as firmly in the imagination as Atlantis or 0z: they are as real as every reader's own vision of that parallel world evoked in the mind's mysterious eye. In the Territories lack finds a world little removed from the earth's ownDark Ages: though the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell a radish being pulled from the ground a mile away, a life, can be snuffed out instantly in the continuing struggle between good and evil. And, Jack discovers "Twinners," reflections of the people the knows on earth- most notably the dying Queen Laura, the "Twinner" of Jack's own imperiled mother But only a few can flip from one too the other; Jacks late father could. The malevolent Morgan Sloat can. and so will .lack himself.As Jack makes hisway westward toward the redemptive Talisman's dual array of heart-stopping encounters challenges him at every step-from a terrifying ,period when he's held captive in an Indiana home for wayward boys that is run by a sadistic religious fanatic, to sudden and murderous attacks by enemies of Queen Laura in the Territories.Stephen King and Peter Straub have combined their talents to create an unforgettable epic of fantasy. adventure and resounding triumph.Read More