The Talisman · Book 1
The Talisman
- Published
- 8 November 1984
- Pages
- 768
- ISBN-13
- 9780345444882
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Talisman, published November 8, 1984, opened King and Straub's collaboration at 768 pages, sending twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer across America -- and into the parallel medieval Territories -- to find an object that can save his dying mother.
Its place in The Talisman
The Talisman is book 1 in the The Talisman series. It is followed by Black House. See the full The Talisman reading order.
Twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer sets out across America to find the Talisman, a mystical object that can save his dying mother -- and quickly discovers he can 'flip' into the Territories, a parallel medieval world where every person in his world has a double. The Talisman (1984), King's first collaboration with fellow horror novelist Peter Straub, is a cross-country coming-of-age quest crossed with dark fantasy, its structure indebted as much to The Wizard of Oz as to either author's usual horror. Black House (2001)…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345444882