The Regulators, and Desperation by Stephen King sound like the same book, are they?

Question

i read the book The Regulators, and i was reading the synopsis about Desperation, and it sounds almost the same, is this true?

Answer 1

The books have many similarities but they are both also very different. I read Desperation before I read the regulators and I think that helped quite a bit because it showed the origin of tak. However, you are supposed to be able to read them in any order. Personally, I liked Desperation a lot more than I liked the Regulators.

Answer 2

The books are different, but the other person who answered was wrong- the characters are the same, as well as Tak, the "bad guy".  Basically in Desperation, the characters go to where Tak is, and in The Regulators, he comes to them.

Both books are awesome, especially The Regulators.