Stephen King has announced a second novel to hit bookstores this year, a tale of God and the Devil that starts in a small New England town in the mid-20th century.
On his website, the best-selling American suspense novelist said Revival would be published on November 11 by US publisher Scribner and Britain's Hodder and Stoughton.
It finds a young rock musician, Jaime Morton, grappling with his demons, crossing paths with a preacher from his hometown, Charles Jacobs, who curses God in the wake of a family tragedy.
"Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings," according to a blurb on www.stephenking.com.
King, 66, has another novel, the thriller Mr. Mercedes, slated to be published on June 3 - on the heels of an ebook version of last year's potboiler Joyland to appear sometime in April.
The prolific author has more than 60 novels to his name, several of which - like Carrie and The Shining - went on to become major motion pictures. More than 350 million copies of his works have been sold.
