![]() ![]() In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. “I saw an ad for them in the back of o ne of T erry’ s comic books,” she said when I was done screaming with delight.Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Below this, Claire had added her own sten- ciling: JAMIE MORTON, COMMANDER. Perhaps the coolest thing about the army was the box it came in, a cardboard footlocker in camou- flage shades of green and brown, with PROPER TY OF U.S. ![]() There were also eight trucks and twelve jeeps. ![]() There were two hundred green plastic soldiers, some with rifles, some with machine guns, a dozen welded to tubelike gadgets she said were mortars. But o f all the awesome presents she gave me over the years, that army was by far the best. I don’t know if it was because she was the eldest, because she was the only girl, or both. I came from a big family-four boys, one girl-and as the young- est I always got lots of presents. In the movies this sort of character is known as the fifth business, or theįor my sixth birthday, and on a Saturday in October of 1962 I was gearing up for a major battle. This is the joker who pops out of the deck at odd intervals over the years, often during a moment of crisis. But sometimes a person who fits none of these categories comes into your life. The vendor who sold you a bag of peanuts at a baseball game. The mother wiping ice cream off her tod- dler’s face in a roadside restaurant where you stopped for a quick bite. The woman in the next lane at a stoplight, taking a moment to freshen her lipstick. The teenager browsing graphic novels at Barnes & Noble, the one you had to slip past (murmuring “Excuse me”) in order to get to the maga- zines. And there are thousands of extras-those people who flow through every life like water through a sieve, seen once and never again. There are also bit players: the supermarket checkout girl with the pretty smile, the friendly bartender at the local watering hole, the guys you work out with at the gym three days a week. The supporting cast is made up of neighbors, co-workers, teachers, and daily acquaintances. The main cast consists of your family and friends. It’s a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. In his mid-thirties-addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate-Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family’s horrific loss. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town. ![]() With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. Jacobs the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs-including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life. ![]()
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