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Two of the greatest storytellers of our time join forces to create an epic thriller of unsurpassed power, a twisting, compelling story of a small American town held in the grip of evil beyond all reason.
Abandoned by his friends as they cycle through the Wisconsin town of French Landing, ten-year-old Ty Marshall spots a crow hopping towards him down the sidewalk. Then it calls his name. Fascinated, Ty gets off his bike for a closer look – and is dragged into the shadows.
Is Ty destined to become the fourth victim of the Fisherman, the serial killer who's stalking this sleepy town? If so, only ex-detective Jack Sawyer may be able to save him. Jack left his old life behind precisely to avoid such madness, but lately he's been visited by strange nightmares and visions. Could the doomed past he thought he'd escaped forever be reaching out for him... from the Black House?
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Black House is the second collaboration by Stephen King and Peter Straub, two of the most important writers in genre fiction, and the expectations of their first team-up were considerable. But despite its impressive sales, many were disappointed by The Talisman. Rather than a truly chilling epic, what we got was a rather derivative and by-the-numbers fantasy saga. So fans were reluctant to be too hopeful about their second collaboration... but we needn't have worried. Black House is much more like it, although even here King and Straub have not quite delivered the ultimate horror marathon--this is a psycho-thriller in the vein of Thomas Harris, but none the worse for that. And there are supernatural elements.
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This is the tale of a small American town held in the grip of evil. Three children have vanished, abducted by a monster called The Fisherman (after a legendary murderer) with a craving for children's flesh. Ex-detective Jack Sawyer, dealing with his own personal problems (in which he is tormented by visions of another world), is keen to stay away from the horrors of this case, recognising how bad involvement will be for him. But--guess what?--Sawyer is soon supping full on the horrors, and the reader is in for an exhilarating (and highly disturbing) experience. Jack is a powerfully realised protagonist, and his journey into the dark world of The Fisherman is genuinely unsettling. Although more of King's fingerprints are on this one than Straub's (notably the conflicted hero, struggling with his own demons), the co-authors' individual styles merge indivisibly in this highly impressive chiller. --Barry Forshaw
‘One of the most brilliant and chilling thrillers of modern times. Black House is 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.’
DAILY MAIL
‘Fabulous... It’s the best of the best. No argument... The ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft.’
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‘A new horror epic... impossible to put down once you’ve started.’
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- Publication date2002
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. New, An Unread Copy - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Twenty Years Ago, A Boy Named Jack Sawyer Travelled To A Parallel Universe Called The Territories To Save His Mother And Her Territories "Twinner" From A Premature And Agonizing Death That Would Have Brought Cataclysm To The Other World. Now Jack Is A Retired Los Angeles Homicide Detective Living In The Nearly Nonexistent Hamlet Of Tamarack, Wi. He Has No Recollection Of His Adventures In The Territories And Was Compelled To Leave The Police Force When An Odd, Happenstance Event Threatened To Awaken Those Memories. When A Series Of Gruesome Murders Occur In Western Wisconsin That Are Reminiscent Of Those Committed Several Decades Earlier By A Real-Life Madman Named Albert Fish, The Killer Is Dubbed "The Fisherman" And Jack's Buddy, The Local Chief Of Police, Begs Jack To Help His Inexperienced Force Find Him. But Is This Merely The Work Of A Disturbed Individual, Or Has A Mysterious And Malignant Force Been Unleashed In This Quiet Town? What Causes Jack's Inexplicable Waking Dreams, If That Is What They Are, Of Robins' Eggs And Red Feathers? It's Almost As If Someone Is Trying To Tell Him Something. As That Message Becomes Increasingly Impossible To Ignore, Jack Is Drawn Back To The Territories And To His Own Hidden Past, Where He May Find The Soul-Strength To Enter A Terrifying House At The End Of A Deserted Track Of Forest, There To Encounter The Obscene And Ferocious Evils Sheltered Within It. Seller Inventory # 009425
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