The Talisman by Stephen King, Peter Straub



12-year-old Jack Sawyer takes on a quest in this and a parallel world, the "Territories," to acquire a mystical talisman that will save the life of his dying mother and her "twinner," the Queen of the Territories.



This is the first (1984) collaboration between horror/fantasy writers King and Straub.



--Great story. The sequal is BLACK HOUSE, another good one.