"Firestarter" by Stephen King. Huntington Woods: Phantasia Press, 1980. First edition. Jacket Art by Michael Whelan
First, a man and a woman are subjects of a top-secret government experiment designed to produce extraordinary psychic powers. Then, they are married and have a child. A daughter. Early on the daughter shows signs of a wild and horrifying force growing within her. Desperately, her parents try to train her to keep that force in check, to "act normal." Now the government wants its brainchild back - for its own insane ends.
"Firestarter" was adapted into a movie in 1984:
"Firestarter" by Stephen King. Huntington Woods: Phantasia Press, 1980. First edition. Jacket Art by Michael Whelan
First, a man and a woman are subjects of a top-secret government experiment designed to produce extraordinary psychic powers. Then, they are married and have a child. A daughter. Early on the daughter shows signs of a wild and horrifying force growing within her. Desperately, her parents try to train her to keep that force in check, to "act normal." Now the government wants its brainchild back - for its own insane ends.
"Firestarter" was adapted into a movie in 1984: