Sequel: Black house

Twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer takes on a quest in this and a parallel world, the "Territories," to acquire a mystical talisman that will save the life of his dying mother and her "twinner," the Queen of the Territories. Jack "flips" back and forth between worlds during his journey, finding his way through and past representatives of good and evil in both

Originally published: New York : Viking : Putnam, 1984

Also published: New York: Gallery Books, 2018. x, 769 pages

Jack Lights Out -- Alhambra Inn and Gardens -- Funnel Opens -- Speedy Parker -- Jack Goes Over -- Jack and Lily -- Interlude: Sloat in This World (I) -- Road of Trials -- Queen's Pavillion -- Farren -- Oatley Tunnel -- Jack in the Pitcher Plant -- Elroy -- Death of Jerry Bledsoe -- Jack Goes to the Market -- Men in the Sky -- Buddy Parkins -- Snowball Sings -- Wolf -- Interlude: Sloat in This World (II) -- Wolf and the Herd -- Wolf Goes to the Movies -- Jack in the Box -- A Collision of Worlds -- Taken by the Law -- Sunlight Home -- Sermon -- Ferd Janklow -- Jack Names the Planets -- Jack and Wolf Go to Hell -- Wolf in the Box -- Jack Lights Out Again -- Jack's Dream -- Richard at Thayer -- Thayer Gets Weird -- Thayer Goes to Hell -- "Send Out Your Passenger!" -- Richard in the Dark -- Interlude: Sloat in This World / Orris in the Territories (III) -- Talisman -- Anders -- Interlude: Sloat in This World (IV) -- Blasted Lands -- Jack and Richard Go to War -- Richard Remembers -- End of the Road -- Point Venuti -- Speedy on the Beach -- Interlude: Sloat in This World (V) -- Black Hotel -- Jack and the Talisman -- News from Everywhere -- Earthquake -- In Which Many Things Are Resolved on the Beach -- Another Journey -- Journey's End