Desperation

· Hachette UK
4.6
86 reviews
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Welcome to Desperation.

Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and charged. But Desperation still has a local cop - a unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway.

The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them. A terrifying transformation is taking place and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of desperation . . .

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4.6
86 reviews
Adel Young
May 27, 2024
An old mine shaft is reopened, releasing a demon, or a star traveller? Whatever it is, humans can't survive for long once it starts trying to gain a form by using their bodies. Stephen King always has strong, amazing characters, and I liked the way he brought in Cynthia from Rose Madder, my favourite of his books. Frightening and oppressive as the desert storm that hits the dead town, but this time one of his characters has help from God, which is unusual in those books of his I've read so far. I don't know how I missed this one before.
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Edward Dala
January 25, 2015
Great read! Mr. KING doing what he does best....He is still one of my favorite authors. I have not read a fiction novel in a long time and it did not take long for my imagination to take over onceI started reading "Desperation".
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Chris Hicks
March 15, 2016
Wow.... this book is simply incredible, it had me gripped and I couldn't put it down. Easily one of King's best books. Never be alone on highway 50 and never find yourself in a town called Desperation...
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About the author

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include Mr Mercedes, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and The Outsider, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as Finders Keepers, End of Watch and the title story from If It Bleeds. Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time. King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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