Front Cover
Core Fiction Hardcover
Novel
1996
Desperation
Viking Press
Synopsis
Desperation: Several travellers on a remote Nevada highway are arrested and taken to the nearly deserted town of Desperation by a massive police officer whose behaviour grows increasingly unnatural. The prisoners discover that the town and nearby mine are connected to an old evil capable of using living bodies. Their survival depends on cooperation, faith, and understanding the rules governing the force that has trapped them.
Verification Summary
Verified Edition
Photographed copyright page states First published in 1996 by Viking Penguin, shows the full descending number line through 1, and lists ISBN 0-670-86836-1. The first-edition guide confirms this sequence and the US$27.95 jacket price as first-printing points.