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The Talisman
On sale
5th July 2012
Price: £11.99
World Fantasy Award, 1985
Genre
The iconic and terrifying collaboration from two of the greatest storytellers of our time…
Twelve-year-old Jack spends his days alone in a deserted coastal town, his father gone, his mother dying. Then he meets a stranger – and embarks on a terrifying journey. For Jack must find the Talisman, the only thing that can save his mother.
His quest takes him into the menacing Territories, a parallel world where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape.
‘Extraordinary . . . makes your hair stand on end’ Washington Post
‘The ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft’ Independent
Twelve-year-old Jack spends his days alone in a deserted coastal town, his father gone, his mother dying. Then he meets a stranger – and embarks on a terrifying journey. For Jack must find the Talisman, the only thing that can save his mother.
His quest takes him into the menacing Territories, a parallel world where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape.
‘Extraordinary . . . makes your hair stand on end’ Washington Post
‘The ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft’ Independent
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Reviews
Fabulous ... the ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft
Chilling horror story or fantastic journey through a strange world ... the book works like ... well, like magic
One of the most brilliant and chilling thrillers of modern times ... a thrill-a-minute ghost train ride of a novel, filled with astonishingly vivid characters. Reading it is like holding on to a live electric wire. You may want to put it down, but you find that you can't