The Talisman - Softcover

King, Stephen; Straub, Peter

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ISBN 10: 0140071865 ISBN 13: 9780140071863

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1985

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is the story of a young and courageous boy searching for the talisman, the one thing that will save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menancing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape, in a novel. as extraordinary and as unforgettable as Lord of the Rings.

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On a brisk autumn day, a thirteen-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. . . .

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“EXTRAORDINARY . . . MAKES YOUR HAIR STAND ON END.”
–The Washington Post

“A CLASSIC . . . RARE AND DAZZLING . . . A JOURNEY TO RIVAL THE GREATEST ADVENTURE STORIES EVER TOLD.”
–New York Daily News

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