The Talisman

Author: Peter Straub

Horror & ghost stories

Published on 16 July 2026 by HODDER & STOUGHTON (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Talisman Trilogy' series.

Paperback | 992 pages, N/A
196 x 133 x 64 | 668g

YOU ARE ABOUT TO TAKE AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY . . . Join Jack Sawyer on a terrifying trip across America in search of the Talisman, the only thing that can save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape.

An iconic collaboration between two world bestselling writers, The Talisman is an epic tale of fantasy, adventure and odyssey.

'Extraordinary . . . makes your hair stand on end' Washington Post'Chilling horror story or fantastic journey

through a strange world . . . the book works like . . . well, like magic' Daily Mail'A classic. . . a journey to rival the greatest adventure stories ever told . . . rare and dazzling' New York Daily News