The Talisman

By: Stephen King, Peter Straub

Narrated by: Frank Muller

The iconic, “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) collaboration between bestselling authors Stephen King and Peter Straub—an epic #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy thriller about a young boy’s quest to save his mother’s life.

Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the only thing that can save Jack’s dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and menacing parallel world of the Territories.

In the Territories, Jack finds another realm, where the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell a radish being pulled from the ground a mile away—and a life can be snuffed out instantly in the continuing struggle between good and evil. Here Jack discovers “Twinners,” reflections of the people he knows on earth—most notably Queen Laura DeLoessian, the Twinner of Jack’s own imperiled mother. As Jack “flips” between worlds, making his way westward toward the redemptive Talisman, a sequence of heart-stopping encounters challenges him at every step.

An unforgettable epic of adventure and resounding triumph, The Talisman is one of the most influential and highly praised works of fantasy ever written.©2001 Stephen King and Peter Straub; (P)2001 Simon & Schuster Inc., Recorded with the Permission of The Ballantine Publishing Group, a Division of Random House, Inc.; AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.

This is The Greatest Adventure Story Ever

Looking for Adventure?...need suspense?...want to have fun?...need a vacation?..Well this is the book for you. It is long but the action and the different adventures inside one. You will find the strange and the funny so charming that you will not want to miss a thing. The beginning sets up the story and you may want to skip ahead. Don't do it this book builds you up to the task. You will need to hold on to your seat at times and remember some of the early charpters to get the full impact of some events. You will want the story not to end! It does end but... At that time get the book "Black House" to go on yet another adventure with Jack out hero.

Great

I don't know what some people are complaining about; Frank Muller is one of the best narrators I've listened to, and he doesn't let us down in this great novel.

Bad narration.

This book was ruined by the affectation of the narrator. he sounds like he's doing a bad Robert Stack impersonation while stringing out the last syllable of every worrrrrrrrd...

At a certain point, the rhythm of it got so monotonous that I hadn't even realized I'd stopped listening ages ago.

Might be a great book. I'll just have to read it instead.

frustrating

April from Pomona is 100% right on. The story was good but I could not handle the narrator. I'm pretty sure it was a bad sign when I was walking down the street with the headphones on, listening to the i-pod and all of a sudden I started yelling at the narrator to shut up. The lady doing her gardening probably thought I was crazy.

Not all of the narration was terrible but just enough to really bother me.

Where did the time go???

This is my most favorite audiobook ever! I keep listening to it over and over and never get tired of it. The Talisman turns my 2-hour commute into a 30 min ride. When I arrive at school I wonder where an hour and half of my drive went!