Richard Bachmann Books

When a highway project leaves him unemployed and threatens to destroy his home, one man takes on the forces of progress as he embarks on a vengeful showdown of epic proportions. Reissue.

Billy Halleck aus Connecticut hat nur ein einziges Problem: er wiegt 50 Pfund zuviel. Als er einer alten Zigeunerin begegnet, nimmt sein bisher so angenehmes Leben eine verhängnisvolle Wendung. Billy verliert plötzlich an Gewicht. Zuerst ist er erfreut darüber, dann beunruhigt, schließlich zu Tode erschrocken.

Every night the whole nation watched the ultimate live game show on TV, as the contestants tried to beat annihilation at the hands of the hunters in order to win the billion dollar jackpot. And now there was a new contestant, the latest Running Man, staking his life while a nation watched.

When an old gypsy man curses Billy Halleck for sideswiping his daughter, six weeks later he's ninety-three pounds lighter. Now Billy is terrified. And desperate enough for one last gamble...that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.

He's got a plan. But he hasn't got a clue. Clayton Blaisdell's capers are strictly small-time until he meets George Rackley. With Blaze's brawn and George's brains, they pull off a hundred successful cons. Then George plans the one big score every small timer dreams of: kidnapping the infant heir to a family fortune. The trouble is that by the time the deal goes down, the brains of the operation has died. Or has he? Now Blaze is running into the white hell of the Maine woods with a baby as hostage. The crime of the century just turned into a race against time . . .

Transcurre una apacible tarde de verano en Wentworth, Ohio. Como es habitual, en la soleada calle Poplar todo es normal: el chico de los periódicos los reparte en bicicleta, los niños juegan en las aceras, las barbacoas se preparan en los jardines y patios. Lo único extraño es la furgoneta roja que hay aparcada en una esquina. El misterioso vehículo no tardará en ponerse en marcha... y con él se desencadenará una atroz matanza. Cuando la noche caiga, los supervivientes del vecindario se encontrarán en un mundo pavoroso donde cualquier cosa es posible, en particular la macabra posesión de las mentes y de los cuerpos.

Wentworth, Ohio: a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets in the E-Z shop and writer Johnny Marinville is the only resident who minds his own business. On Poplar Street, apart from the impending storm, it's just a normal summer's day - with Frisbees flying, lawn mowers humming and barbeques grilling. As the paperboy makes his round, he is unaware of the chrome red van idling up the hill . . . Soon the residents will be caught up in a game of wills as the regulators arrive in force to face a child whose powers of expression are just awakening. If you like THE REGULATORS, don't miss DESPERATION, written as an unidentical pair.

Een welgestelde advocaat uit New York doodt bij een verkeersongeval een oude zigeunervrouw. Vanaf die dag rust er een vloek op hem

Dal genio visionario di Stephen King, un eccezionale esperimento letterario. Due romanzi legati indissolubilmente in un unico imperdibile volume. Pubblicati per la prima volta in Italia nel 1997, I vendicatori e Desperation sono due romanzi complementari, uniti dallo stesso, mostruoso protagonista: Tak, la forza oscura, una creatura diabolica e informe, in grado di scatenare un apocalittico scontro fra bene e male. È quello che accade a Wentworth, nell'Ohio, quando un'esplosione di inaudita malvagità e violenza si abbatte sulla piccola comunità, sovvertendo l'ordine delle cose. Solo una casa sembra indenne alla furia che sta devastando il quartiere, una casa in cui una donna e suo nipote lottano disperatamente contro l'entità che si sta impossessando di loro... Ed è anche quello che succede a Desperation, una tetra cittadina mineraria nel deserto del Nevada, dove alcuni inconsapevoli viaggiatori approdano senza sapere che una presenza demoniaca ha contagiato il sottosuolo e si è impadronita del corpo del poliziotto Collie Entragian. Per i vecchi fan del Re e per i nuovi adepti, due terrificanti storie parallele da scoprire o rileggere: horror allo stato puro.