num_pages: 735
description: On a brisk autumn day, a thirteen-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: His father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America–-and into another realm.One of the most influential and heralded works of fantasy ever written, The Talisman is an extraordinary novel of loyalty, awakening, terror, and mystery. Jack Sawyer, on a desperate quest to save his mother’s life, must search for a prize across an epic landscape of innocents and monsters, of incredible dangers and even more incredible truths. The prize is essential, but the journey means even more. Let the quest begin. . . .(back cover)
language: English
title: The Talisman
titlecomplete: The Talisman
characters: Morgan Sloat, Jack Sawyer
genres: Audiobook, Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Supernatural, Adventure, Fiction, Paranormal
ratings_count: 125946
series: The Talisman
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction, Unabridged
publisher: Ballantine Books