Black House - The Talisman (Book 2) by Stephen King - ISBN: 9781399764766
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Middle-American town hides a century-old killer; one man must face his past.
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Black House - The Talisman (Book 2)

The Talisman - Book 2

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    832 pages

  • Release Date

    22 September 2026

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Summary

A comfortable, solid, middle-American town - inhabited by a serial killer…

Children are disappearing, lost to the world, horrifically murdered.

The best clue the detectives have - a serial killer from a century ago.

Jack Sawyer, retired from the LAPD at 35, plagued by visions of another world.

As a child, Jack visited the Territories, a menacing place of violence and madness, to save his dying mother. Now, if the latest child victim is to be saved, Jack must re…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399764766
ISBN-10:1399764764
Author:Stephen King
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Imprint:Hodder & Stoughton Paperbacks
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:832
Release Date:22 September 2026
Weight:300g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm
Series:The Talisman Trilogy
About The Author

Stephen King

Stephen King is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the No. 1 bestsellers Never Flinch, Holly, and Fairy Tale. Many King titles are also the basis for major motion pictures, TV series, and streamed events, including IT, The Long Walk, and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb’s top-rated movie of all time.

King is the recipient of the 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.

Peter Straub authored numerous bestselling novels, including Ghost Story, A Dark Matter, Floating Dragon, and Koko, as well as The Talisman and Black House, which he co-authored with Stephen King. He also published short fiction, poetry, and a graphic novel. For the Library of America, he edited the volume H.P. Lovecraft: Tales and the anthology American Fantastic Tales.

A prolific Grand Master of Horror, he received numerous literary honors including the British Fantasy Award; the Bram Stoker Award; the World Fantasy Award; and the International Horror Guild Award. He was also the recipient of several lifetime achievement awards. He passed away in 2022.

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