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The Talisman,stephen King,peter Straub by King, Stephen, 1947-; Straub, Peter, 1943- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From the Flap: "You got a job, Travellin' Jack," Speedy told him. "A job that ain't gonna let you go, and that's the Lord's truth. I wish it was different." Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the Talisman--for only the Talisman can save Jack's dying mother and defeat the enemy who is out to destroy them both. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States, but through the wondrous and menacing Territories as well. The Territories lie as firmly in the imagination as Atlantis or Oz; they are as real as every reader's own vision of that parallel world evoked in the mind's mysterious eye. In the Territories Jack finds a world little removed from the Earth's own Dark Ages: though the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell a radish being pulled from the ground a mile away, a life can be snuffed out instantly in the continuing struggle between good and evil. Jack discovers 'Twinners', odd reflections of the people he knows on Earth-most notably the dying Queen Laura, the 'twinner' of Jack's own imperiled mother. But only a few can flip from one world to the other; J

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
King, Stephen, 1947-; Straub, Peter, 1943-
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Viking : Putnam
Published
1984
Language
EN
ISBN
9780345444882
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller

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