Desperation

Stephen King

Mar 2010 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

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 . . .

Ratings and reviews

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".

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...

It's got supernatural stuff along the God beliefs. Has got twists and as usual King's lengthy descriptions. But still it is of King's standard. Go for it.

About the author

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include Mr Mercedes, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and The Outsider, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as Finders Keepers, End of Watch and the title story from If It Bleeds. Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) 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.