Desperation: An epic thriller from the No.1 bestseller
Mar 2010 · Hachette UK
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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 . . .
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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4.5
91 reviews
Edward Dala
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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
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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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Adel Young
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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.
About the author
Stephen King has been described by the Guardian as 'one of the greatest storytellers of our time', by the Mirror as a 'genius' and by The Sunday Times as 'one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel.' In 2003, he was given the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, for most of the year in Maine, USA.
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