Desperation

Written by Stephen King

Narrated by Stephen King

Stephen King’s #1 national bestseller about a little mining town, Desperation, that many will enter on their way to somewhere else. But getting out is not easy as it would seem…

"I see holes like eyes. My mind is full of them."

For all intents and purposes, police officer Collie Entragian, chief law enforcement for the small mining town of Desperation, Nevada, appears to be completely insane. He's taken to stopping vehicles along the desolate Interstate 50 and abducting unwary travelers with various unusual ploys. There's something very wrong here in Desperation...and Officer Entragian is only at the surface of it. The secrets embedded in Desperation's landscape, and the horrifying evil that infects the town like some viral hot zone, are both awesome and terrifying. But one of Entragian's victims, young David Carver, seems to know—and it scares him nearly to death to realize this truth—that the forces being summoned to combat this frightful, maniacal aberration are of equal and opposite intensity...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Feb 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9781508218289

Stephen King

Stephen King es autor de más de sesenta libros, todos ellos best sellers internacionales. Sus títulos más recientes son Holly, Cuento de Hadas, Billy Summers, Después, La sangre manda, El Instituto, Elevación, El visitante (cuya adaptaciónaudiovisual se estrenó en HBO en enero de 2020), La caja de botones de Gwendy (con Richard Chizmar), Bellas durmientes (con su hijo Owen King), El bazar de los malos sueños, la trilogía «Bill Hodges» (Mr. Mercedes, Quien pierde paga y Fin de guardia), Revival y Doctor Sueño.La novela 22/11/63 (convertida en serie de televisión en Hulu) fue elegida por The New York Times Book Review como una de las diez mejores novelas de 2011 y por Los Angeles Times como la mejor novela de intriga del año. Los libros de la serie «La Torre Oscura» e It han sido adaptados al cine, así como gran parte de sus clásicos, desde Misery hasta El resplandor pasando por Carrie, El juego de Gerald y La zona muerta. En reconocimiento a su trayectoria profesional, le han sido concedidos los premios PEN American Literary Service Award en 2018, National Medal of Arts en 2014 y National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters en 2003. Vive en Bangor, Maine, con su esposa Tabitha King, también novelista.

Reviews for Desperation

[Sherrilou McGregor · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Stephen King’s best book. Ever. Had to be written from his heart.

[james cook · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Once again Mr. King never ceases to amaze me an move me

[Kei Mist · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Its so interesting i love it, got me hooked in the 1st 5 minutes, the ending is sad and beutiful!!

[Jocke · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great story and a surprisingly decent read by the author. But i still believe King should leave the reading to professionals. Stick to what he knows best.

[Kathleen Pelszynski Forst · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I read this book years ago. So I listened to it again. As always Stephen King has given me hours of entertainment. I canceled cable. With ascribe I can be entertained while attempting to do chores. I’m disabled and this subscription allows me to keep my brain active and gives my eyes a break. I wish I had this years ago!!

[jermaine · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another solid book by the king. I should have read this then the regulators m

[Cynthia Quintero · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Read this one about 10 years ago and wanted to revisit it through audio. Classic Stephen King. Decent story and characters. Glad I enjoyed it again .

[Jurriaan Knol · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

One of King’s many, many classics and definitely one of my favourites. “Read by the author” makes it even better, I like listening to the master himself.

[Iam KenKen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book was absolutely wonderful. It was disgustingly wonderfully suspenseful.

[ellie jarman · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Have loved Stephen king since a teen. Read many of his books, love his writing but this one, not so much!!

[Kelly Curtis · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Written & read by Stephen King just makes the story better.

[Sue Ellen Peck · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

L loved it! Page turner to the end. Stephen King is still the master!

[Demetrius Vann · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved it. Can't wait to go to work tomorrow talking about cantas with no context to creep people out !

[Jasmine Jurado · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Bravo. Loved every bit of it, as always I'm a fan.

[John King · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great read all the way to the end!! As always King does not disappoint

[sarita · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A decent re-imagining of a "shadow over Innsmouth" kind of story. Good characters, good pace

[Anirudh · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It’s too much ancient/ medieval .It could have been more realistic

[Michael Power · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Long but worth it! It gives you things to think about while be entertaining you and a little scary and thrilling. It’s S. King; what else do you need to know❗?

[scott kirk · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Not one of Stephen King’s most famous novels its still very good and narrating his own work really brings it alive.

[Corey Wolfer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

One of the best books written by Stephen king I’ve ever read

[Raquel Sasyn · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a great listen! I would recommend to anyone

[Darlene Curran · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The book was great because of Stephen King's way of drawing characters that I could see in my mind, care about, and believe they could be real. Everyone who thinks they want to write a novel should first read a dozen of King's books and then think again. Stephen King's "horror stories" usually make me cry because of the life-like people with whom he populates them.

[mary arvik · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Superb detailed descriptions! Keeps my attention! Love these books! Awesome!

[john langworthy · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It’s a bit weird and nothing I would normally pick but I loved the ending and not the way I would have thought Steven King would have written.

[Richard Parmenter · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love Steven King’s narrations of his own books. He’s not the most polished, nor even the most professional. But? At least regarding his own stuff, he’s the most fun to listen to.

[Constance Sahlmark · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This one was too gory for my taste, but there is no one who delivers such developed characters, tension, and story. I really enjoy the quirks his characters have and the interplay between them.

[Nicci Leandra Faw · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is my second read of desperation by Stephen King. I can say this book is enjoyable and pretty unpredictable with religious undertones. One thing I don't quite enjoy is how much of the storyline depends on a young boy who basically has lost everything. That makes it tough to care about the outcome of the book. You're left wanting for hope and not quite getting that at the end.

[RobertWells · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It kind of left me silent. Every time I thought I saw the point I realized I didn’t. The concept of good and evil God and SatanAre very confusing.

[readerofbooks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Stephen King wrote another great book again. Tack ... .

[Jamie Hall · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

There were a lot of scenes that were a little too grotesque for me. I thought the audiobook should have had a professional reader. I don’t think the author should have read the book. I usually get absorbed in a Stephen King story. This book just did not catch my interest although I did manage to listen to the very end.