{"product_id":"pet-sematary-9780743412285","title":"Pet Sematary","description":"\u003cb\u003eStephen King's #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller is a \"wild, powerful, disturbing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave--among his most iconic and frightening novels.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Despite Ludlow's tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creed's beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing...as is evidenced by the makeshift graveyard in the nearby woods where generations of children have buried their beloved pets. Then there are the warnings to Louis both real and from the depths of his nightmares that he should not venture beyond the borders of this little graveyard where another burial ground lures with seductive promises and ungodly temptations. A blood-chilling truth is hidden there--one more terrifying than death itself, and hideously more powerful. As Louis is about to discover for himself sometimes\u003ci\u003e, dead is better\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes \u003ci\u003eNever Flinch \u003c\/i\u003e(May 2025), the short story collection \u003ci\u003eYou Like It Darker (\u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003etop ten horror book of 2024), \u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2023), \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBilly Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElevation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: \u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel \u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e was named a top ten book of 2011 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller. His epic works \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePet Sematary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFirestarter\u003c\/i\u003e are the basis for major motion pictures, with \u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003enow the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50571991089426,"sku":"9780743412285","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96c0c619-5561-4ff6-b632-b082bd5d2d88.jpg?v=1748529031","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pet-sematary-9780743412285","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}