The Soul Taker »

Lewis James is unhappy. Overweight and unpopular, his dad despises him, the girl he likes won't look at him—he has no friends, no life. Desperate to change, anxious to know all about his future, he tries a fortune-teller with a difference: a beguiling and seemingly caring toyshop owner, Mr Jardine. Jardine suggests Lewis somehow get a lock of Lisa's hair—then Jardine will use his "psychic gifts" to influence her. But what Lewis doesn't know is that Jardine has no intention of helping him—or Lisa. Jardine is a spirit thief—a Soul Taker. He wants human souls to bring his "children" to life and now he has Lewis right where he wants him. Ater all, a deal's a deal. A life for a life, a soul for a soul.

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...will satisfy readers looking for something in the Stephen King mode.