Title: If I was King, I'd have used a phony name too.
Product review: Slightly more imagination involved here than in Desperation. However, that's not saying much. The (ahem) plot simply repeats itself after the first couple of chapters, and you really won't care whether the characters live or die. Two things drove me to finish it: first was the novelty of finding where it crosses with Desperation, but that wore thin pretty quick; second was the futile hope that the ending would redeem Desperation's hurried, hokey conclusion - it didn't. About the only good thing I can say about it is that its theme of religious salvation/redemption isn't as blatant or as annoying as it was in Desperation.
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