Desperation: A Novel

A double dose of ghostly horror. Desperation is pure King, a rollicking good tale skillfully told of repugnance and godliness doing high-screech battle. A full-blown morality tale, deliciously developed…a spiritual odyssey bringing together skeptic and believer. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Each novel stands alone. You can read either by itself or both in any order. Both are tales of flat-out supernatural horror, narrated in the garrulous, folksy voice King has honed to a precision instrument. Desperation builds to a climax reminiscent of The Stand. Separately, each is a compelling tale of supernatural horror; together they constitute a tour de force… His ‘constant readers’ will relish their visits to Wentworth and Desperation as much as the long trek down The Green Mile. (Washington Post)

A big, serious, scary novel…King is at the top of his game. (Entertainment Weekly)

[Desperation is] prime terrifying King. (Cosmopolitan)

King has created two of his most substantial characters. Desperation and The Regulators mark a return for Stephen King to his old stomping grounds: supernatural horror and multicharacter plots that entertain with a vengeance. Both of these novels, which provide entertainment with amoral, are sure to keep you turning pages well past midnight. (Denver Post)

King again proves himself the premier literary barometer of our cultural clime! The terror is relentless! Deeply moving and enthralling masterpiece. (Publishers Weekly)

A gory, gut-wrenching exercise in fear and paranoia. Desperationis a fast-paced, in-your-face, heart-pounding, horror-thon that builds to anexciting conclusion. (Detroit Free Press)

No one is as deft with the carnage, or has as much fun with it…King isthe Winslow Homer of blood. (The New Yorker)

Deeply satisfying…[Desperation is] his most compelling, artful tale since Misery. Deeply spiritual and surprisingly moving. (Hartford Courant)

[Desperation’s] plot is tight, the action is well orchestrated, and King’s running theme of redemption packs a mighty wallop. (Library Journal)

A literary diptych that reflects upon faith, friendship and courage in these times of random violence and changing values. [Desperation is] a claustrophobic nightmare of horror and madness. (Dallas Morning News)