Fairy Tale is vintage and timeless King, a captivating and scary pleasure' - Guardian

"A blazing flash of creativity," "King's best book in over a decade," "A blazing flash of creativity." - Esquire

In this enthralling novel, legendary storyteller Stephen King delves to the very depths of his imagination to tell the tale of a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at battle, and the stakes could not possibly be higher - for either their world or ours.

Charlie Reade seems to be a typical high school student; he's good at sports like baseball and football, and he maintains a respectable GPA. However, he shoulders a significant burden. When he was seven years old, his mother was killed in a hit-and-run accident, and his father's grief caused him to start drinking. Charlie developed the skills necessary to look after himself as well as his father. Then, when Charlie is seventeen years old, he meets a dog named Radar and her elderly master, Howard Bowditch. Howard Bowditch lives in a large mansion atop a large hill and has a closed shed in the backyard of his property. Charlie befriends both of them. Sometimes odd sounds arise from it.

Charlie begins working for Mr. Bowditch, and during this time, he falls in love with Radar. After Bowditch passes away, leaving Charlie a cassette tape with a story nobody would believe if they heard it. What Bowditch is aware of, but has kept a secret his entire lengthy existence, is that there is a gateway to another realm located inside the shed.

The narrative abilities of Mr. King are on full display in Fairy Tale. This is a great and scary story set in a world unlike our own, in which the forces of good are challenged against the power of evil, and a courageous kid and his dog are tasked with leading the fight against evil.