The Talisman: A Novel

"Yes, he wrote it with the author Peter Straub. It’s about a kid, Jack Sawyer, whose mother is sick. He has to find a ‘talisman’ to save her. He finds a way to transport himself from the real world to the ‘Territories,’ a different world. Everyone in this world has a counterpart person in this territory, they’re called ‘twinners.’ His mother’s twinner is a queen in the Territories, and she’s also sick. So he has to save them both. That’s the plot, basically. He has some enemies, a werewolf as a friend, stuff like that. So it’s really a fantasy novel. But I like it, and there’s a sequel called Black House which came out in 2001. And he’s writing the third in the series now, although he has to do it alone as Peter Straub passed away a couple of years ago. It was always meant to be a trilogy, so he’s finishing it with ideas that Peter Straub gave him before he passed away. I’m looking forward to that one too. There’s also The Eyes of the Dragon , which is fantasy adventure. And The Dark Tower , which mixes all kinds of genres: Western, fantasy, action, horror. It’s a mix of everything he knows, I think."