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| Author | Joe Hill |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror fiction; Fantasy; Thriller (genre); Supernatural fiction; Occult |
| Publisher | William Morrow and Company |
Publication date | October 21, 2025 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 896 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-220060-0 |
King Sorrow is a 2025 horror novel by American author Joe Hill, published by William Morrow and Company. Hill's first novel in nine years, it received positive reviews.
Arthur Oakes, an African-American college student in Maine, faces an evil dragon who coerces him and his friends into offering a sacrifice every Easter. [1]
The fifth novel by Joe Hill, King Sorrow was also his first since 2016's The Fireman . [2] [3] Hill revealed the book's cover on social media in January 2025. [4]
Reception to the title was positive. In their pre-release starred review, Kirkus found the novel "At turns spooky and funny, with bits of inside baseball and a swimming pool's worth of blood." [1] Booklist called it a "remarkably well-paced, character-centered epic [that pits] the computer age against folktales", [5] while James Gardner of Library Journal said, "Though nearly 900 pages, the book never feels long or overstuffed, since Hill deftly moves between characters' viewpoints while rendering them vividly." [2] The staff of Publishers Weekly wrote, "Pitch-perfect characterizations and doses of black humor....[reinforce] Hill's reputation as a titan of the [horror] genre." [6]
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