This has to be one of the most exciting pieces of book mail I’ve received! I didn’t think I’d make the cut in getting a physical copy, but this thing is stunning and quite the door stopper. I can only imagine how big the hardcover will be considering this absolute unit of a book clocks in at 896 pages. I can’t wait to start. For those of you that aren’t aware, Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King and also writes horror. The movie BLACK PHONE is an adaptation of his short story from 20th CENTURY GHOSTS.
Thank you William Morrow for the best piece of book mail and gifted copy!
KING SORROW – Joe Hill (Releasing October 21st, 2025)
You can see my reviews for other books by Joe Hill here!
Book Description:
Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters, exceptional library, and beautiful buildings. But his idyll—and burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot—is shattered when a local drug dealer and her partner corner him into one of the worst crimes he can imagine: stealing rare books from the college library.
Trapped and desperate, Arthur turns to his closest friends for comfort and help. Together they dream up a wild, fantastical scheme to free Arthur from the cruel trap in which he finds himself. Wealthy, irrepressible Colin Wren suggests using the unnerving Crane journal (bound in the skin of its author) to summon a dragon to do their bidding. The others—brave, beautiful Alison Shiner; the battling twins Donna and Donovan McBride; and brainy, bold Gwen—don’t hesitate to join Colin in an effort to smash reality and bring a creature of the impossible into our world.
But there’s nothing simple about dealing with dragons, and their pact to save Arthur becomes a terrifying bargain in which the six must choose a new sacrifice for King Sorrow every year—or become his next meal.
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