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Zusatztext “NOS4A2 is [Hill’s] longest and most ambitious work yet. . . utterly absorbing.” Informationen zum Autor Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels King Sorrow , The Fireman , NOS4A2 , Horns , and Heart-Shaped Box ; Strange Weather , a collection of novellas; and the acclaimed story collections Full Throttle and 20th Century Ghosts . He is also the Eisner Award–winning writer of a seven-volume comic book series, Locke & Key . Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV, including NOS4A2 (AMC), Locke & Key (Netflix), In the Tall Grass (Netflix), and The Black Phone (Blumhouse), Black Phone 2 (Blumhouse), and Horns (Red Granite/Mandalay) — with much more to come! Klappentext Joe Hill, the acclaimed, award-winning author of the New York Times bestsellers Heart-Shaped Box and Horns , plunges you into the dark side of the imagination with a thrilling novel of supernatural suspense . . . Victoria "Vic" McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be. Vic doesn't tell anyone about her unusual ability. 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 to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. Mile by mile, the journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor. And then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble . . . and finds her way, inevitably, to Charlie. Now the only kid ever to escape Charlie's twisted imagination is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about Vic McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. . . . Zusammenfassung Now an AMC original series. NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill! the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns . Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet! a missing photograph! answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike! she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that! within moments! takes her wherever she needs to go! whether it’s across Massachusetts or across the country. Charles Talent Manx has a way with children. He likes to take them for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2 vanity plate. With his old car! he can slip right out of the everyday world! and onto the hidden roads that transport them to an astonishing – and terrifying – playground of amusements he calls “Christmasland.” Then! one day! Vic goes looking for trouble—and finds Manx. That was a lifetime ago. Now Vic! the only kid to ever escape Manx’s unmitigated evil! is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx never stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. He’s on the road again and he’s picked up a new passenger: Vic’s own son. Exclusive to the print editions of NOS4A2 are more than 15 illustrations by award-winning Locke & Key artist Gabriel Rodríguez. ...
