Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes
The Institute,
Elevation, The Outsider,
Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King) and the Bill Hodges trilogy,
End of Watch,
Finders Keepers, and
Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). His novel
11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by
The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works
The Dark Tower and
It are the basis for major motion pictures, with
It now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Oft schon hat der Serienmörder Francis Ackerman jr. seinem Bruder, dem Regierungsagenten Marcus Williams, und dessen Kollegen geholfen, die grausamsten Verbrechen aufzuklären. Mittlerweile ist dem Killer das Agenten-Team der Shepherd Organization sogar irgendwie ans Herz gewachsen. Als die Shepherd-Agentin Maggie in die Hände des berüchtigten Serientäters "The Taker" fällt, nimmt Ackerman deshalb sofort die Verfolgung auf. Die Suche führt ihn und Marcus tief in das Herz eines Indianerreservats in New Mexico. Um den Taker aus seinem Versteck zu locken und Maggie zu retten, zettelt Ackerman einen blutigen Krieg an - einen Krieg, der viele Opfer fordern wird. Auf beiden Seiten.
