The Talisman Author:Stephen King;Peter Straub "On a black 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 c... more »hosen to make a journey back across America-and into another realm."« less