The Regulators

A publishing event of the first magnitude, the release of The Regulators is destined to create a firestorm of interest not only within the late Richard Bachman's cult audience but among fans of horror and supernatural suspense everywhere. Wentworth, Ohio: just a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets and writer Johnny Marinville is about the only resident who minds his own business. And on Poplar Street it's just a normal summer's day with lawnmowers humming, Little League bats 'tinking', frisbees flying and barbecues being readied. But for young Cary Ripton on his paper round it won't be a normal day at all... He notices something weird about the way Audrey Wyler is standing inside the glass door - and he's always thought there was something creepy about that nephew of hers, Poplar Street's best kept secret. But Cary doesn't notice the chrome red van idling up the hill. Soon it will begin to roll, the killing will begin, and the regulators will arrive in force. And by the time night falls on the block, the surviving residents will find themselves in a wasteland of devastation and desperation... A relentlessly exciting Stephen King-esque tour-de-force of terror, The Regulators manuscript was found among Bachman's effects by his widow in 1994. --front flap The Regulators is a novel by American author Stephen King, writing under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel, Desperation. The two novels represent parallel universes relative to one another, and most of the characters present in one novel's world also exist in the other novel's reality, albeit in different circumstances. Additionally, the hardcover first editions of each novel, if set side by side, make a complete painting, and on the back of each cover is also a peek at the opposite's cover. On Poplar Street, apart from the impending storm, it's just a norman summer's day - with Frisbees frlying, lawn mowers humming and barbeques grilling. As the paperboy makes his round, he is unaware of the chrome red van idlling up the hill ... Soon the residents will be caught up in a game of wills as the regulators arrive in force to face a child whose powers of expression are just awakening--back cover Wentworth, Ohio : just a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets and writer Johnny Marinville is about the only resident who minds his own business. And on Poplar street it's just a normal summer's day with lawnmowers humming, Little League bats 'thinking', frisbees flying and barbecues being readied. But for young Cary Ripton on his paper round it won't be a normal day at all.. From the bestselling author of "Thinner" and "The Running Man" comes this harrowing story of a gifted child in the grip of darkest evil.