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The Talisman

By: Peter Straub, Stephen King
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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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©2026 Stephen King and The Seafront Corporation (P)2026 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Fantasy Thriller & Suspense Scary Exciting
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Critic reviews

One of the most brilliant and chilling thrillers of modern times ... a thrill-a-minute ghost train ride of a novel, filled with astonishingly vivid characters. Reading it is like holding on to a live electric wire. You may want to put it down, but you find that you can't
Fabulous ... the ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft
Chilling horror story or fantastic journey through a strange world ... the book works like ... well, like magic
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My advice would be to ignore comments about the narrator - his voice & tone are perfect for the book, in my opinion - and let the story take you away to the Territories.
I read the paperback something like 20 years ago, and this was a great way to re-read this epic tale.
Audible: please give us Black House!

Frank Muller nails it

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I love this book, I read it as a teenager and wanted to listen to it this time and was really looking forward to it. But while the story starts out just as great as I remember, I'm afraid I had to switch off at the end of the second chapter because I simply cannot listen to the narrator anymore. He reads too fast, there are no pauses, you cannot distinguished spoken word from thought, he whispers and draws out the last word of every sentence and he makes it sound as though he just wants to get the job done and pick up his paycheck.

I only have myself to blame I suppose as I did listen to the sample and I had read comments criticisimg the narration, but I thought that my love of the story would allow me to get over that. But no, I've had to switch off and start another book.

I'm very disappointed.

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE ALL TIME BOOKS RUINED

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Narrator could have been better. The first few chapters, I was tempted to ditch it. But it’s a book I love and wanted to hear it while out walking the dog. I enjoyed it mostly, but felt enraged as a single word with two syllables could be spoken like it had four. The narrator’s voice is a presenting voice - not a storyteller. That said, his accents were good and the story is so flipping brilliant, you have to just accept crap narration and enjoy the story.

Annoyingly dramatic narrator

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I thought the book its self is excellent however the narrator took some getting used to. His voices were distracting to the story

Excellent story

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And what a twister at the end!! When mom turns into a…( maybe I won’t spoil it for you)

Classic king

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