Black House: A Novel (Talisman Book 2)

Black House: A Novel (Talisman Book 2)

by Stephen King

4.6 (6,057)

4.6 stars from 6,057 reviews. One of the highest rated Mystery Thriller books we track.

937 pages~15.6 hr readPublished by Simon and SchusterPublished 2012-11-06

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Fans of these authors will like this...

  • Peter Straub
  • Neil Gaiman
  • Paul Tremblay

Fans of these books will like this...

  • The Talisman
  • American Gods
  • The Girl in the Spider's Web

Perfect for you if...

  • You loved The Talisman and want to know what happened to Jack Sawyer in the two decades since.
  • You're drawn to mysteries that blur the line between the mundane and the supernatural, where a serial killer case leads somewhere far stranger.
  • You appreciate King at his most ambitious: nearly 1000 pages that weave together procedural crime fiction with cosmic horror and parallel worlds.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You want a standalone novel. This is the direct sequel to The Talisman and assumes you know Jack's history.
  • You prefer tightly plotted mysteries that wrap up neatly. The Territories mythology gets messy and metaphysical.
  • You're squeamish about graphic violence. The Fishman murders are disturbing and described in detail.

About this book

Twenty years after traveling to a parallel universe called the Territories to save his mother, Jack Sawyer is now a retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in Tamarack, Wisconsin. He has no memory of his past adventures and was forced to leave the police force when an unusual event threatened to revive those memories. When a series of brutal murders occur in western Wisconsin that echo crimes committed decades earlier by a killer named Albert Fish, the perpetrator becomes known as "the Fishman." Jack's friend, the local police chief, asks him to help the inexperienced force track down the killer. Jack begins experiencing unexplained waking dreams involving robins' eggs and red feathers—cryptic messages that seem designed to communicate something to him. As these visions intensify and become impossible to ignore, Jack is drawn back to the Territories and his own hidden past. He may need to find the inner strength to enter a terrifying house deep in a deserted forest, where he will confront the obscene and ferocious evils contained within it.

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