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Gwendy's Magic Feather
(The Button Box Series)
Series: Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy
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This novel will captivate readers who enjoy horror and supernatural fiction with a strong psychological and emotional core. Fans of Stephen King's Castle Rock stories, as well as those who appreciate suspenseful, character-driven narratives about fate, choice, and the cost of desire, will find this book particularly compelling.
Set in Castle Rock, Maine, Gwendy's Magic Feather is a wonderful sequel to Gwendy's Button Box written by Richard Chizmar with a foreword by Stephen King.
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A CASTLE ROCK NOVEL WITH A FOREWORD BY STEPHEN KING
Something evil has swept into the small Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the latest winter storm. Sheriff Norris Ridgewick and his team are desperately searching for two missing girls, but time is running out to bring them home alive.
In Washington D.C., thirty-seven-year-old Gwendy Peterson couldn't be more different from the self-conscious teenaged girl who once spent a summer running up Castle Rock's Suicide Stairs. That same summer, she was entrusted—or some might say cursed—with the extraordinary button box by a mysterious stranger in a black suit. The seductive and powerful box offered Gwendy small gifts in exchange for its care until the stranger eventually returned, promising Gwendy she'd never see the box again.
Gwendy has never told a soul about the button box—not even her husband. But one day the button box shows up without warning and without the man in the black suit to explain what she is supposed to do with it. The curious reappearance of the box, along with the troubling disappearances in Castle Rock, leads Gwendy home again...where she just might be able to help rescue the missing girls and stop a dangerous man before he does something too terrible to contemplate...
From New York Times bestseller Richard Chizmar comes Gwendy's Magic Feather, a breathtaking novel that asks whether our lives are controlled by fate or the choices we make... and what price we might have to pay for those choices when we reach for the things we most desire. Prepare to return again to Stephen King's Castle Rock, the sleepy little town built on a bedrock of deep, dark secrets, which is about to awaken from its quiet slumber once more.
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The Washington Post praises Richard Chizmar’s novel as a seamless continuation of the Castle Rock saga, highlighting his ability to evoke Stephen King's style while crafting an intimate and original sequel. JJ Abrams commends the story’s pacing and emotional depth, describing it as "scarily and sadly relevant" with compelling characters and a unique connection to the wider world. Reviews note the book’s absorbing narrative tension and its strong appeal to fans of King's signature locales.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781529339673
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 April 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Paperback
Contributors:
- Foreword by Stephen King
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 239g
Pages: 336
About the Author
RICHARD CHIZMAR is the co-author (with Stephen King) of the New York Times bestsellers Gwendy's Button Box and Gwendy's Final Task, and the author of the solo work Gwendy's Magic Feather.
His novels Chasing the Boogeyman and Becoming the Boogeyman received excellent reviews - as Stephen King says: 'Genuinely chilling and something brand new and exciting.'Chizmar's short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. He has won two World Fantasy Awards, four international Horror Guild Awards, and the HWA's Board of Trustee's Award.Also by Richard Chizmar
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