From the book jacket:
Author of the bestselling novel Thinner and four thrillers that have sold millions in an omnibus edition entitled The Bachman Books, the late Richard Bachman has been described as "Stephen King without a conscience." Now he performs an eerie encore with the posthumous release of The Regulators, a harrowing story of a suburban neighborhood in the grip of surreal terror.
It's a summer afternoon in Wentworth, Ohio, and on Poplar Street everything's normal. The paper boy is making his rounds; the Carver kids are bickering at the corner convenience store; a Frisbee is flying on the Reeds' lawn; Gary Soderson is firing up the backyard barbecue. The only thing that doesn't quite fit is the red van idling just up the hill. Soon it will begin to roll, and the killing will begin. A quiet slice of American suburbia is about to turn to toast.
The mayhem rages around a seemingly still point, a darkened house lit fitfully from within by a flickering television screen. Inside, where things haven't been normal for a long time, are Audrey Wyler and the autistic nephew she cares for, eight-year-old Seth Garin. They're fighting their own battle, and its intensity has turned 247 Poplar Street into a prisonhouse.
By the time night falls on Poplar Street, the surviving residents will find themselves in another world, one where anything, no matter how terrible, is possible…and where the regulators are on their way. By what power they have come, how far they will go, and how they can be stopped-these are the desperate questions. The answers are absolutely terrifying
Moe's Review
I was quite surprised how much I liked this book. I had heard mixed things about it and some of those things were pretty bad so I didn't go into it with high hopes. The Regulators is the sort of sister book to Desperation and I enjoyed this one more. I will say that this book starts off much stronger than it ends which is a problem I have with quite a few of King's books.
This book really starts off with a bang and the bulk of the book where chaos is ruling I found very riveting. I love books that throw challenge after challenge at the cast and books that you never know what is going to happen. The cast of this book are put in life threatening situation left and right and the body count is quite high, King has no problems killing off his characters in this book.
For a nice riveting and tension filled book I can suggest The Regulators. I found it a good time. |
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