Share
Imprint
- Headline
- Headline
- Headline
- Headline
Runtime
18hr 0m
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Horror & ghost stories, Fantasy
-
Imprint
Headline
- Hardback Oct 28, 2025 | 9781035434299 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434305 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434749 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434756 | RRP $53.99 Buy Now
Play Sample0:00 -
Imprint
Headline
- Hardback Oct 28, 2025 | 9781035434299 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434305 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434749 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434756 | RRP $53.99 Buy Now
Play Sample0:00 -
Imprint
Headline
- Hardback Oct 28, 2025 | 9781035434299 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434305 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434749 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434756 | RRP $53.99 Buy Now
Play Sample0:00 -
Imprint
Headline
- Hardback Oct 28, 2025 | 9781035434299 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434305 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434749 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 21, 2025 | 9781035434756 | RRP $53.99 Buy Now
Play Sample0:00
Like The Secret History colliding with IT, this exhilarating, emotional and genre-bending novel is perfect for fans of Stephen King and Catriona Ward.
SOME PROMISES SHOULD NEVER BE MADE...
***A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK***
'A tour de force...King Sorrow is huge, sprawling - and absolutely fantastic' THE GUARDIAN
'Joe Hill gloriously resurrects the doorstop horror blockbuster for a startling new century' ALAN MOORE
'A soaring epic and painfully intimate. You won't be able to stop burning through the pages' PAUL TREMBLAY
'Perfection from start to finish' DAILY EXPRESS
'A commanding, captivating read' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Epic...a multi-layered, rich response to the horrors and hopes of living today' DAILY MAIL
Bookish dreamer Arthur Oakes is a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters and beautiful buildings.
But his idyll - and burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot - is shattered when local drug dealers force him into a terrible crime: stealing rare and valuable books from the exceptional college library.
Trapped and desperate, Arthur turns to his closest friends for help: the wealthy, irrepressible Colin Wren; brave, beautiful Allison Shiner; the battling twins Donna and Donovan McBride; and brainy, bold Gwen. Together they dream up an impossible, fantastical scheme that they scarcely imagine will work: to summon the fabled dragon King Sorrow to kill those tormenting Arthur.
But the six stumble backwards into a deadly bargain - they soon learn they must choose a new sacrifice for King Sorrow each year or one of them will become his next victim. Unleashing consequences they can neither predict nor control, this promise will, over the course of four decades, shape and endanger their lives in ways they could never expect.
'A brilliantly Faustian fable with a heart as huge as a dragon's, and a stinging twist in its tail. I devoured it.' RUTH WARE
'A wild, genre-defying journey, packed with all sorts of unexpected twists and turns' DAILY MIRROR
'A glorious, wild ride' NEW YORK TIMES
'Epic! KING SORROW is Hill's best and most ambitious work to date' LINWOOD BARCLAY
'Magnificent - by far and away Hill's best book to date' SFX
'When they talk about "natural born storytellers," it's Joe Hill they're talking about' JOHN SCALZI
'A monster of a book...a vast, brimstoned, relentless zinger' NICK HARKAWAY
Praise for Sunday Times bestseller Joe Hill:
'Fantastically compelling' THE OBSERVER
'Clever, gripping and packs a hell of a punch' JOANNE HARRIS
'Character-driven stories that enthral and thrill' DAILY MAIL
'Original and gripping' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
Discover more
loading...
King Sorrow by Joe Hill
loading...
Joe Hill's Writing Essentials
loading...
Joe Hill's Favourite Horror Films
loading...
Halloween Haunts | 2025
loading...
Read an extract of King Sorrow
loading...
King Sorrow by Joe Hill
loading...
Joe Hill's Writing Essentials
loading...
Joe Hill's Favourite Horror Films
Joe Hill
Joe Hill is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman, NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box; Strange Weather, a collection of novellas; and the acclaimed story collections Full Throttle and 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Award-winning writer of a seven-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. Much of his work has been adapted for film and television, including NOS4A2 (AMC), Locke & Key (Netflix), In the Tall Grass (Netflix), and The Black Phone (Blumhouse).
Find a book you’ll love, get our Word Up newsletter!
.png?auto=compress&w=150&h=60&fit=crop&fm=jpg)
.png?auto=compress&w=150&h=60&fit=crop&fm=jpg)
Hachette Australia acknowledges and pays our respects to the past and present Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our head office is located on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.
