NOS4A2: A Novel

Now an AMC original series. 

NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns.

Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it’s across Massachusetts or across the country.

Charles Talent Manx has a way with children. He likes to take them for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2 vanity plate. With his old car, he can slip right out of the everyday world, and onto the hidden roads that transport them to an astonishing – and terrifying – playground of amusements he calls “Christmasland.”
 
Then, one day, Vic goes looking for trouble—and finds Manx. That was a lifetime ago. Now Vic, the only kid to ever escape Manx’s unmitigated evil, is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx never stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. He’s on the road again and he’s picked up a new passenger: Vic’s own son.

Exclusive to the print editions of NOS4A2 are more than 15 illustrations by award-winning Locke & Key artist Gabriel Rodríguez.

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720 pages

Average rating: 7.64

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Anonymous
Apr 01, 2025
8/10 stars
Really enjoyed this, even more that I thought I might. One quibble though. The narrator kept mispronouncing one of the major place-names, a real city in Massachusetts, that is not pronounced as it is spelled here. Kept pulling me out of the story. Found it even more annoying when at the end there was a short bit of the author speaking that suggested he personally selected the author.
Butterfly26
Jan 17, 2025
10/10 stars
“Would you like to go to Christmas land?” It was a great horror story from start to finish. I did laugh at some parts. It was a well detailed story filled with horror and suspense.
Scmay
Jul 29, 2024
10/10 stars
A take on parallel universes but more creative. In a world in what we are used to and the world that lives in thoughts are brought together in NOS4A2. I really enjoyed this book and the overarching theme. Good intentions does not mean they are good deeds.

I would have liked to know how Creatives obtain their "power" and how many are in the world. It would be interesting to see what major (if any) events happened in the context of a creative.
Kdungan0902
Dec 28, 2023
7/10 stars
I actually like the storyline a lot! The concept of interscapes within the mind… Was pretty cool. I thought that it was interesting that the interscapes took from the characters; Like if you spend too much time in your own imagination, you shatter a bit of reality. However, towards the end of the book, I just wanted it to be over - I was so bored because honestly it was too long. I think it would’ve been a DNF if it wasn’t for book club.
Xenismyusername
Aug 15, 2023
5/5

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