It (Special Edition): A Novel

ISBN: 1668227487

Author: King, Stephen

Condition: New

A gorgeous, 40th anniversary hardcover edition featuring new cover art, stained edges, and more!Stephen Kings classic #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the massively successful films It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two as well as inspiration for HBO Maxs series It: Welcome to Derry-about an evil without a name: It.Welcome to Derry, Maine. Its a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the citys children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derrys sewers.Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It.Stephen Kings most mature work (St. Petersburg Times), It will overwhelm youto be read in a well-lit room only (Los Angeles Times).