Regulators

The battle against evil has begun in this devishly entertaining (Publishers Weekly) story of a suburban neighborhood in the grip of surreal terrora #1 national bestseller from Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman.Peaceful suburbia on Poplar Street in Wentworth, Ohio, takes a turn for the ugly when four vans containing armed regulators terrorize the streets residents, cold-bloodedly killing anyone foolish enough to step outside their homes.

Houses mysteriously transform into log cabins and the street now ends in what looks like a childs hand-drawn western landscape.

Masterminding this sudden onslaught is the evil creature, Tak, who has taken over the body of an autistic eight-year-old boy, Seth Garin.

A rip-roaringly violent thriller whose main action takes place in little more than an hour and a half (Booklist), The Regulators features an introduction by Stephen King on The Importance of Being Bachman.