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Black House

By Stephen King and Peter Straub
Series: The Talisman Trilogy
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Could the past he thought he'd escaped be reaching out to him from the Black House... Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called the Territories in search of the talisman to save his mother's life. Now Jack is a... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The second stand-alone novel in the Jack Sawyer trilogy, from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Talisman, "an intelligent . . . suspenseful page-turner" (Wall Street Journal) from "two master craftsmen, each at the top of his game" (Washington Post).

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Could the past he thought he'd escaped be reaching out to him from the Black House...

Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called the Territories in search of the talisman to save his mother's life.

Now Jack is a former Los Angeles homicide detective living in the quiet town of French Landing in Wisconsin. But a series of murders involving young children force him out of retirement.

If Jack is to save the latest victim, he must retrieve his childhood memories and revisit the one place he never wanted to see again...

'Epic... impossible to put down' - Sunday Express

'One of the most brilliant and chilling thrillers of modern times' - Daily Mail

'It's the best of the best. No argument! The ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft' - Independent on Sunday

Series: The Talisman Trilogy

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399764766

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Paperback

Illustration: N/A

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 832

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About the Author

Stephen King is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the Sunday Times No. 1 bestsellers Never Flinch, Holly, Fairy Tale and The Dark Tower series . 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 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.

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 honours 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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