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King And Chizmar Join Forces Again With A Powerful Stand-alone Novel That Is Also The Final Chapter In The Gwendy Trilogy. When Gwendy Peterson Was Twelve, A Stranger Named Richard Farris Gave Her A Mysterious Box For Safekeeping. It Offered Treats And Vintage Coins, But It Was Dangerous. Pushing Any Of Its Seven Coloured Buttons Promised Death And Destruction. Years Later, The Button Box Re-entered Gwendy's Life. A Successful Novelist And A Rising Political Star, She Was Once More Forced To Deal With The Temptations That The Box Represented - An Amazing Sense Of Wellbeing, Balanced By A Terrifyingly Dark Urge Towards Disaster. With The Passing Of Time, The Box Has Grown Ever Stronger And Evil Forces Are Striving To Possess It. Once Again, It Is Up To Gwendy Peterson, Now A United States Senator Battling The Early Symptoms Of Alzheimer's Disease, To Keep It From Them. At All Costs. But Where Can You Hide Something From Such Powerful Entities? Gwendy's Final Task Is A Wildly Suspenseful And At The Same Time Deeply Moving Novel In Which 'horror Giants' (publishers Weekly) Stephen King And Richard Chizmar Take Us On A Journey From Castle Rock To Another Famous Cursed Maine City To The Mf-1 Space Station, Where Gwendy Must Execute A Secret Mission To Save The World. And, Maybe, All Worlds.
Fairy Tale: Stephen King
Legendary Storyteller Stephen King Goes Into The Deepest Well Of His Imagination In This Spellbinding Novel About A Seventeen-year-old Boy Who Inherits The Keys To A Parallel World Where Good And Evil Are At War, And The Stakes Could Not Be Higher - For Their World Or Ours. Charlie Reade Looks Like A Regular High School Kid, Great At Baseball And Football, A Decent Student. But He Carries A Heavy Load. His Mom Was Killed In A Hit-and-run Accident When He Was Ten, And Grief Drove His Dad To Drink. Charlie Learned How To Take Care Of Himself - And His Dad. Then, When Charlie Is Seventeen, He Meets A Dog Named Radar And Her Aging Master, Howard Bowditch, A Recluse In A Big House At The Top Of A Big Hill, With A Locked Shed In The Backyard. Sometimes Strange Sounds Emerge From It. Charlie Starts Doing Jobs For Mr. Bowditch And Loses His Heart To Radar. Then, When Bowditch Dies, He Leaves Charlie A Cassette Tape Telling A Story No One Would Believe. What Bowditch Knows, And Has Kept Secret All His Long Life, Is That Inside The Shed Is A Portal To Another World. King's Storytelling In Fairy Tale Soars. This Is A Magnificent And Terrifying Tale About Another World Than Ours, In Which Good Is Pitted Against Overwhelming Evil, And A Heroic Boy - And His Dog - Must Lead The Battle.
Everything’s Eventual
A spine-tingling collection of stories from the No. 1 bestselling master of horror - now with a stunning new cover look.Nothing is quite as it seems.Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time.In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-book 'Riding the Bullet'. Terror becomes deja vu all over again when you get 'That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French'. 'LT's Theory of Pets' will make you stop and think before giving a dog to a loved one. And there are eleven more stories that will keep you awake until dawn.Stories:-Autopsy Room Four-The Man in the Black Suit-All That You Love Will Be Carried Away-The Death of Jack Hamilton-In the Deathroom-The Little Sisters of Eluria-Everything's Eventual-L. T.'s Theory of Pets-The Road Virus Heads North-Lunch at the Gotham Café-That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French-1408-Riding the Bullet-Luckey Quarter
Doctor Sleep
Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year Dan has been drifting for decades desperate to shed his fathers legacy of despair alcoholism and violence Finally he settles in a New Hampshire town an AA community that sustains him and a job at a nursing home where his remnant shining power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying Aided by a prescient cat he becomes Doctor Sleep Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone and it is her spectacular gift the brightest shining ever seen that reignites Dans own demons and summons him to a battle for Abras soul and survival S
Billy Summers: The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller
Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?How about everything...
Things We Never Got Over: the must-read romantic comedy and TikTok bestseller!: 1 (Knockemout Series)
Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon. Knox doesn’t tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride.Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order.Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of.There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life.At least, that’s the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.
Things We Hide From The Light
Police Chief Nash Morgan is known for two things: being a good guy and the way his uniform accentuates his rear end . . .But two bullets put a dent in his Southern charm and now he’s facing a criminal still on the loose and a town full of citizens that consider the law more of a ‘guideline’. The last thing he needs is the leggy, smart-mouthed Lina Solavita moving in next door, making him feel things he doesn’t have the energy to feel.Lina is on a mission. As soon as she gets what she’s after, she has no intention of sticking around. The town of Knockemout has other ideas. Soon she finds herself sucked into small-town life. Dog-sitting. Saying yes to a bridesmaid’s dress. Listening to the sexy chief of police in the shower.But when Nash discovers Lina’s secret these friends become furious enemies – though the sparks flying between them don’t know the difference between love and hate.
These Violent Delights
A deliciously dark twist on Romeo and Juliet' Natasha Ngan, New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Paper and FireIn glittering Shanghai, a monster awakens . . .The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city in chaos.Juliette Cai is the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang - a network of criminals far above the law.Roma Montagov is the prodigal son of her greatest rivals, the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. He is also Juliette's first love . . . and first betrayal.When a deadly madness strikes gangsters on both sides, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, and a monster in the shadows. And as the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns - and grudges - aside and work together.For if they can't stop this mayhem, there will be no city left to rule.Filled with romance, intrigue and betrayal, this heart-stopping fantasty retelling of Romeo and Juliet is perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane.Praise for Chloe Gong'Heady, smart, and vicious' Tessa Gratton, author of The Queens of Innis Lear'Deliciously dark' Natasha Ngan, New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Paper and Fire'Dark and beautiful' Emiko Jean, author of Empress of all Seasons'A terrific, deliciously unputdownable read' June Hur, author of The Silence of Bones
Six of Crows: Book 1
*The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series!*Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017, this fantasy epic from the No. 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Grisha trilogy is gripping, sweeping and memorable - perfect for fans of George R. R. Martin, Laini Taylor and Kristin Cashore.Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams - but he can't pull it off alone.A convict with a thirst for revenge.A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.A runaway with a privileged past.A spy known as the Wraith.A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist.Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction - if they don't kill each other first.An epic new exploration of the Grisha universe from the writer of SHADOW AND BONE, SIEGE AND STORM and RUIN AND RISING, totally consuming for both old fans and new.