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Other Worlds Than These: A Talisman Novel

by Stephen King

Jack Sawyer returns to the worlds of the Talisman trilogy

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Jack Sawyer returns to the worlds of the Talisman trilogy

The concluding volume of the Talisman trilogy brings Jack Sawyer back into a conflict spanning America-side and Mid-World. Now older, Jack faces a gang of infected teenagers and the mysterious Gullet, with the stakes reaching beyond one world. The publisher also positions the novel within the wider Dark Tower setting, while describing it as a standalone story. Thirty-six black-and-white illustrations by Gabriel Rodriguez accompany the book. The premise links a present danger to the series’ established crossings between worlds, making this both a continuation of Jack’s story and a return to a broader shared setting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers following Jack Sawyer’s story from The Talisman and Black House
  • Stephen King readers interested in the Talisman trilogy and Dark Tower connections
  • Readers seeking supernatural fiction involving alternate worlds and high-stakes danger

Themes

Crossings between worldsThreats spanning multiple realitiesReturning characters and shared fictional worlds

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Book overview

Jack Sawyer, a beloved and enduring King protagonist, returns in the final book in the Talisman Trilogy, the #1 New York Times bestselling collaboration between "master craftsmen" (The Washington Post) Stephen King and Peter Straub.

"I wanted to go back to Mid-World, which was always the Territories by another name." --Stephen King

This is Stephen King and Peter Straub's epic and unforgettable finale to the Talisman Trilogy (including the novels Talisman and Black House) and a wrapping up of the fate of the worlds in King's iconic, fiercely beloved Dark Tower epic. It is also a magnificent stand-alone novel, that will appeal to new readers, as well as to King's Constant Readers.

Other Worlds Than These is the story of Jack Sawyer, whom readers first met when he was twelve, crossing America and "the territories" to save his mother's life, and met again in Black House, where Jack faces a child killer and the Crimson King (among other evils). In Other Worlds Than These, Jack must stop a rampaging gang of infected teenagers from America-side, and the forces of the mysterious Gullet at the edge of Mid-World, before it destroys our world and all worlds. Jack is older now; his Ka-tet (echoing the world of Roland) is fraying; and his task, nearly impossible.

Magnificent, riveting, full of heart, and humor, Other Worlds Than These is a spectacular, propulsive adventure, and features thirty-six exclusive black-and-white illustrations by artist Gabriel Rodriguez. The title instantly announces to readers who already know these other worlds that King has returned to them. Other Worlds Than These will appeal to new King readers and his Constant Readers.
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