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Desperation by Stephen King. Published by Viking Penguin in 1996. First edition, first printing, confirmed by the complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page. A substantial hardcover edition of King’s dark supernatural horror novel, presented in its original illustrated dust jacket. The book is dedicated to Carter Withey. Synopsis Along a lonely stretch of Nevada highway, travelers are stopped and taken captive by a terrifying lawman who appears to possess unnatural strength and an increasingly unstable personality. Imprisoned in the nearly abandoned mining town of Desperation, the captives discover that something ancient and malevolent has been released from beneath the desert.