The
first novel in J. D. Barker’s Shadow
Cove Trilogy. Writer
Thad McAlister and his family are menaced by a witch cult from one of
Thad’s books, which turns out to be real. Thad’s wife Rachael
bought the journal in which Thad wrote the novel at Needful
Things,
a store in Castle Rock, Maine, owned by Leland Gaunt. The connection to Stephen King’s novel
Needful
Things brings
this series into the CU. Although the epilogue which shows Rachael
buying the book from Gaunt is stated to have taken place ten years
earlier, Gaunt was only in Castle Rock in 1991, twenty-two years
before the novel’s main events. At one point, Rachael reads an old
e-mail dated Thursday, December 3, 2014. December 3, 2014 was a
Wednesday, and also after this book’s publication date, and
therefore the date given for the e-mail must be considered
misinformation.
When of the stories in The Many Faces of Arsene Lupin had Lupin defeating Gaunt in Paris during the early 20th Century. There was also an episode of Rick and Morty that parodied the King novel. (It also reference Jacobs The Monkey's Paw.)
ReplyDeleteIs it possible that Gaunt returned to Castle Rock later?