Book Review: The Talisman Authors: Stephen king & Peter Straub “You don’t own a thing unless you can give it up, what does it profit a man, it profits him nothing." Reviewing a King novel is a very amusing task. Both the authors have such great finesse in writing supernatural horror that when they team up, something amazing is bound to be produced. The Talisman is one such instance. Stephen King and Peter Straub collaborate to produce a thrilling ride for the readers with an engaging plot and out of the ordinary narrative. "He cried because safety and reason seemed to have left the world. Loneliness was a reality, but in this situation madness was also remotely a possibility.” The plot revolves around Jack Sawyer, a twelve year old boy, son of a yesteryear heartthrob actress of B-movies, also known as the "Queen of the B Movies". Jack begins a journey, an extraordinary trip out from Arcadia Beach, New Hampshire with the only aim to save his mother, who is dyin...