First published in 1996

Welcome to Desperation.  Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned.  Except for the local cop - the unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway where travellers like the Carver family bound for vacation and writer Johnny Marinville astride his Harley don't expect to get stopped and charged.
The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them.  A terrifying transformation is taking place and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of desperation.....

Great story, great book...great great great.  Have I also said, great?
I can't remember which book I read first out of Desperation and The Regulators, but when I did, and say the same characters, but in a different life, it freaked me out, but in a good way.
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