Charlie learns of Flight Killer, the great evil which purged the royal family. He meets a shoemaker named Dora and exiled members of the royal family: they are Leah, Stephen 'Woody' Woodleigh, and Claudia, who provide Charlie with guidance and food. Determined to save Radar's life, Charlie decides to seek out the sundial and revitalize her.Īrmed with two handguns, Charlie travels with Radar to the other world, which he learns is called Empis. He also reveals the world as the source of his gold and urges Charlie to keep it secret to prevent its exploitation. In this world exists a magical sundial that was the secret to his longevity. He leaves Charlie a recorded message, revealing that he was actually 120 years old, and that the locked shed in his backyard contains a portal to another world. Several months later, Radar's health has significantly declined, and Mr. 45 caliber handgun and a surprising stash of gold pellets that he uses to pay his hospital bills. Bowditch's German Shepherd, Radar, while he stays in the hospital. Feeling indebted to a higher power for his father's recovery, Charlie agrees to care for Mr. One day, Charlie discovers his elderly neighbor, Mr. When Charlie was seven years old, his mother was struck and killed by a van the resulting grief led his father to alcoholism, from which he eventually recovered with the help of a friend and co-worker, though Charlie remains fearful that he will fall off the wagon. Plot Ĭharlie Reade, a 17-year-old boy, lives in Sentry's Rest, Illinois, with his widowed father, George. The novel follows Charlie Reade, a 17-year-old who inherits keys to a hidden, otherworldly realm, and finds himself leading the battle between forces of good and evil.

Fairy Tale is a dark fantasy novel by American author Stephen King, published on Septemby Scribner.

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