Revival. Stephen King (First Edition Hardback) 2014

REVIVAL by Stephen King.

A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life.

In a small New england town, in the early 60s a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morto looks up to see a  striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs Jacobs; the women and girls -  including Jamie's mother and beloved sister - feel  the same about reverend Jacobs. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity.

Then tragerdy strikes the Jacobs family; he preacher curses God, mocking all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.

Jamie has demons of his own. In his mid-thirties, he is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Addicted to heroi, stranded, desperate, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightening' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devils devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. Because for every cure there is a price....

A FIRST EDITION hardback published in 2014 by Hodder & Stoughton