斯蒂芬‧金，一九四七年齣生於美國緬因州波特蘭市，後在緬因州州立大學學習英國文學，畢業後因工資菲薄而走上寫作之路。自一九七三年齣版第一部長篇小說《魔女嘉莉》後，迄今已著有四十多部長篇小說和二百多部短篇小說。其作品是近年來美國暢銷書排行榜上的常客，還被翻譯成三十多種語言。有超過百部影視作品取材自他的小說。他因此被譽為“現代驚悚小說大師”。

彼得•斯陶伯 ，一九四三年生於美國威斯康辛州密爾沃基市，現居紐約。曾留學英倫，獲得博士學位，並在英國齣版瞭第一本小說。他以詩人身份步入文壇，但以恐怖小說聞名。著有二十多部恐怖小說，被翻譯成二十多種語言，其中包括《迷失男女》、《夜屋》等。他曾五次獲得恐怖小說界最高奬項斯托剋奬、兩次獲得國際恐怖文學協會奬、兩次獲得國際奇幻大奬，以及一次英國奇幻大奬。

On a brisk autumn day, a thirteen-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America–and into another realm.

One of the most influential and heralded works of fantasy ever written, The Talisman is an extraordinary novel of loyalty, awakening, terror, and mystery. Jack Sawyer, on a desperate quest to save his mother’s life, must search for a prize across an epic landscape of innocents and monsters, of incredible dangers and even more incredible truths. The prize is essential, but the journey means even more. Let the quest

begin . . . .