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Girl with fire powers hunted by government, unleashes hell.

Firestarter

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  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    5 August 2025

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Summary

Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, “his highest Fahrenheit reading yet” –now featuring a stunning vintage cover!

Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as the Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them—manifesting in even more terr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781668094747
ISBN-10:1668094746
Author:Stephen King
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Scribner
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:5 August 2025
Weight:386g
Dimensions:36mm x 135mm x 208mm
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Firestarter by Stephen King - ISBN: 9781668094747
135 × 208 mm
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“36 years before the Duffer Brothers’ show aired to incredible success, King penned a very similar story of a gifted young girl… Firestarter is the perfect companion to Stranger Things.” -ScreenRant.com “His highest Fahrenheit reading yet!” -Time “Terrifying … gripping.” -Miami Herald “Eerie, scary … goes beyond frightening.” -Publishers Weekly

About The Author

Stephen King

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Never Flinch, the short story collection You Like It Darker (a New York Times Book Review top ten horror book of 2024), Holly (a New York Times Notable Book of 2023), Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of 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 Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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