The small town of CASTLE ROCK, MAINE has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told…until now.

There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.

At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game.

One day, a stranger calls to Gwendy:

‘Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me.’

On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black suit coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat…

I am what you might call a rambling man, and America is my beat. I keep an eye on certain people, and check back on them every once and again.

Journey back to Castle Rock in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A Long December.

I liked this book and it stayed with me a lot longer than others I’ve read during this period. What would you do if you had the option to change the world. Kill millions. Kill one. One precious possession which in the act of possessing it changes you and changes your family. Brings parents together. Gives you better eyesight, slender limbs and beautiful physique. Makes you smarter. With one chocolate animal treat, solves all those cravings for sweets. But which in the wrong hands can cause havoc. It’s soul destroying. It’s the One Ring in button format and Gwendy has to fight not to become Smeagol.