549 365f52e6-81fe-4aa3-add5-7c5530e437c7 The Talisman Stephen King calibre (0.8.17) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 2001-07-31T07:00:00+00:00 EDITORIAL REVIEW: 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*. . . . Ballantine Books 9780345444882 eng General Fiction Mothers and sons Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Horror Fiction - Horror Horror - General Horror Fiction Quests (Expeditions) Boys king Mystery & Thrillers - Thrillers Fantasy - Dark Talismans stephen