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Firestarter [Paperback]

Stephen King (Author)
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Publication Date: 13 Oct 2011
'You're a firestarter honey....just one big zippo lighter'

A year ago, he was an upstanding instructor of English at Harrison State College. Now Andy is on the run with his daughter. A pigtailed girl named Charlie. A girl with an unimaginably terrifying gift.

A gift which could be useful to corrupt authorities. Soon Charlie will be caught up in the menace of a fateful drug experiment and a sinister government ploy . . .

Let the reader beware: FIRESTARTER is Stephen King at his most mesmerising . . . and menacing.

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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (13 Oct 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1444708104
  • ISBN-13: 978-1444708103
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.6 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 120,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Stephen King's finest novel yet...the most tightly plotted of King's chillers, it is also the most terrifying' (Cosmopolitan )

'One of the few horror writers who can truly make the flesh creep' (Sunday Express )

'King's imagination is vast' (Guardian )

About the Author

Stephen King has written some forty books and novellas, including CARRIE, THE STAND and RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (from the collection DIFFERENT SEASONS), BAG OF BONES, ON WRITING and most recently CELL, LISEY`S STORY and DUMA KEY. He wrote several novels under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman, including BLAZE (June 2007). He won America`s prestigious National Book Award and was voted Grand Master in the 2007 Edgar Allen Poe awards. He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.

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5.0 out of 5 stars SCORCHING 11 Oct 2011
By K.H.
This is in King's top 5 with THE STAND, DEAD ZONE, SALEM'S LOT and CUJO
If you like any of the above you must read FIRESTARTER!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't disappoint. 28 April 2012
By Joy
As usual, Stephen King has produced a thrilling, compelling tale full of suspense and it's easy to get involved with the characters, particularly the heroine and her father. I won't give the story away, just to say it's 'edge of the seat' stuff. Enjoy it, as I did.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Stephen King - Firestarter 15 Nov 2012
By molko VINE™ VOICE
Much like King's classic 'Carrie' this is a story of a young girl with an extraordinary ability. Charlie McGee's parents were subjected to a bunch of drug tests when they were in college and in need of some extra money. The majority of the test subjects involved in the experiment died instantly or shortly after in excruciating agony. But Andy and Vicky McGee both live and develop strange powers themselves. However wanting to forget about that day and hoping to move on with their lives they grow up and have a child; Charlene McGee. From a young age it's apparent that Charlie isn't a normal young girl. Waking in the middle of the night to find the rooms temperature has risen alarmingly it isn't long before the phenomena progresses and childhood toys are going up in flames during childish tantrums. It seems to the McGee's that the tests they were subjected too has altered their genes somehow, and have been passed on to their child. It doesn't take long for the McGee's secret to reach the ears of the shady government organisation that held the initial tests; The Shop.

And soon enough The Shop set out to get hold of Charlie. Killing Charlie's mother and hunting her and her father across America. To be honest it's not what I was expecting from King. Instead of haunted hotel, a bunch of vampires or an otherworldy force the villain here is the American government. Unfortunately I found the book to be quite hard going, it wasn't easy to relate to any of the main characters and the story seems to get lost sometimes, unsure of were its going. If you like a conspiratorial drama then you may enjoy this. But not one for every King fan.
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