The Talisman

THE

TALISMAN

Stephen King

Peter Straub

BALLANTINE BOOKS • NEW YORK

CONTENTS

Title Page

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Quotes

PART I: JACK LIGHTS OUT

  1  The Alhambra Inn and Gardens

  2  The Funnel Opens

  3  Speedy Parker

  4  Jack Goes Over

  5  Jack and Lily

INTERLUDE  Sloat in This World (I)

PART II: THE ROAD OF TRIALS

  6  The Queen’s Pavillion

  7  Farren

  8  The Oatley Tunnel

  9  Jack in the Pitcher Plant

10  Elroy

11  The Death of Jerry Bledsoe

12  Jack Goes to the Market

13  The Men in the Sky

14  Buddy Parkins

15  Snowball Sings

16  Wolf

INTERLUDE  Sloat in This World (II)

17  Wolf and the Herd

18  Wolf Goes to the Movies

19  Jack in the Box

PART III: A COLLISION OF WORLDS

20  Taken by the Law

21  The Sunlight Home

22  The Sermon