Desperation
Published: 24, September 1996
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Classic, Drama, Fiction, Ghost, Horror, Literary, Literature, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller
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Summary
Peter and Mary Jackson are traveling peacefully on a barren Nevada roadway when the agitated Collie Entragian pulls them up and arrests them.
They are transported to the police station of Desperation, a desolate tiny mining town, where Entragian murders Peter.
The Carver family, whose daughter was also slain by Entragian; Johnny Marinville, a writer on a cross-country motorcycle journey to seek fresh work; and Tom Billingsley, the local veterinarian, are also kept hostage.
Meanwhile, Johnny's aide Steve, who had been following him from afar, discovers Johnny's bike and goes in pursuit of him with Cynthia, a hitchhiker.
Entragian takes Ellen Carver with him, and while he is gone, the deeply religious Carver's son, David, manages to liberate everyone and is hired as a spiritual leader by the party.
They seek safety in an abandoned theater, where they are joined by mine employees Steve, Cynthia, and Audrey.
They find they are the only ones who have survived a wave of destruction unleashed by an evil supernatural creature known as Tak.
Tak was imprisoned in an abandoned mine shaft and has the ability to take control of humans, but this state soon degrades the host and forces it to shift hosts.
Tak also has the ability to control desert animals such as coyotes, buzzards, spiders, and scorpions.
Tak's cougar kills Billingsley, and Audrey, who is also under its spell, tries to murder David. She comes close to strangling him but is stopped by Steve and Johnny's intervention. Tak snatches Ellen's corpse and imprisons Mary.
The survivors consider leaving town, but David, who has awakened from a trance, informs them that God has other plans for them.
Mary takes advantage of Ellen's increasing decline to flee her, and after Ellen dies, Tak assumes the form of a golden eagle.
Tak escaped from a well, so the party gathers some ANFO to blow it up. Tak assaults David but murders his selfless father Ralph.
Johnny saves the now-orphaned David from committing suicide by blowing up the well and locking Tak within.
David, Mary, Steve, and Cynthia begin to flee Desperation. While in Mary's car, David discovers in his pocket the hall pass from his earlier "deal with God," complete with a note from Johnny.
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