The spine-tingling, bone-chilling novel of supernatural suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman and Horns—now an AMC original series starring Zachary Quinto, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Ashleigh Cummings.
“A masterwork of horror.”— Time
Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable … horror.”— Time
Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be.
Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world and onto hidden roads that lead to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. The journey across the highway of Charlie’s twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.
Then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble…and finds her way to Charlie. That was a lifetime ago. Now, the only kid ever to escape Charlie’s evil is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx hasn’t stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. On the road again, he won’t slow down until he’s taken his revenge. He’s after something very special—something Vic can never replace.
As a life-and-death battle of wills builds, Vic McQueen prepares to destroy Charlie once and for all—or die trying.
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I can’t reccomend this book enough – girl swears like a sailor, rides a motorbike, and is out to save her son…I couldn’t have asked for anything else
its been many years since i read this book, was always hoping for more from this author
I have enjoyed books by this author but this one is a bit boring. I’m disappointed.
Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better than Stephen King, his son Joe started writing novels… NOS4A2 reads like a classic King story, but with Joe Hill’s own unique spin. There are references a-plenty to the classic King novels, in clever little snuck-in ways. I love that, and that some of King’s newest works cross-reference back to Hill’s. They add in-the-know snarky and fun references for an insider, but aren’t integral to the plot; if you aren’t familiar with the earlier books and don’t get them, that does not in any way affect your enjoyment of the story or ability to follow things. It’s not like they’re trying to enforce an “us v. them” club; more like they’re offering treats as inducements (much like Mr. Manx himself)…
The story is seriously creepy and horrific. That is de rigeur for a Joe Hill novel. What made it particularly so for me is the addition of a child-focus. What is it about creepy kid books?? Is it that they resonate with the child we used to be? Are we extra scared because we remember what it is to be smaller than the bad things around us? Or is it because they remind us how fragile our control over the world around us is? Whatever the reason, things like The Shining and now NOS4A2 hold a special, super-freaky, place in my literary heart – I can’t read them when I’m alone, can’t read them at night, can’t read them in the dark. But at the same time, I can’t NOT read them… It’s a testament to the author(s) indeed when you can force me to cover my eyes with one hand, while frantically flipping pages with the other!!
I absolutely love this author’s work!
A very good read.
I enjoy anything from him or his dad!!
Didn’t know this was Stephen King’s son, but now that I know I can see he inherited his father’s knack for the macabre. The book started out slow. I almost gave up on it. Glad I didn’t. About a quarter of the way through, the plot really perked up. The book was full of surprises. And the villain scared me. Most don’t.
What I liked most was the character development, Hill’s very realistic, very flawed but likable characters made the book. I was able to identify with the characters, which is impossible in most books. Lou Carmody was my favorite.
It was a bit too long. There were parts that seemed to go on and on for no valid reason. But that didn’t really take away from the book. Look forward to reading more from Joe Hill.
I read one of Hill’s other books, Horns, a while back, so I had great expectations of this one — and was not disappointed. Not your standard “vampire” tale, but very intriguing. He’s every bit as good as his dad — Stephen King — and King fans will know, that’s REALLY saying something! Command of language, storytelling, characters — Hill’s got it all.
I did not realize at first that Joe Hill is none other than Joe Hilstrom King, the son of Stephen King. Much like his father, Joe spins a tale that keeps you burning the midnight oil.
One of the most disturbing books by an author who writes the most twisted books
Read everything you can by Joe Hill.
I LOVED this book!!! Joe Hill is an amazing writer!!!
almost as Great as his dad’s books! loved it