| Author |
Stephen King |
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| Cover artist |
Bernie Wrightson |
| Country |
United States |
| Language |
English |
| Genre(s) |
Fantasy, Horror, Science fiction novel |
| Publisher |
Donald M. Grant |
| Released |
2003 |
| Media type |
Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages |
714 pp |
| ISBN |
ISBN 1-880418-56-8 |
| Preceded by |
The Dark Tower IV - Wizard and Glass |
| Followed by |
The Dark Tower VI - Song of Susannah |
Fine/Fine. Clean & straight boards. No markings, writings, or stampings. No attached bookplates or signs of any removed. Dust-jacket free of tears, creases, etc. A well-cared for book, protected from any potential damage. This book stands out as having had exemplary care. Square and tight spine. Excellent original example. Collector's grade hardcover book. Dust-jacket protected in brand new Mylar sleeve. Price un-clipped
Plot summary
After escaping the alternate Topeka and the evil wizard Randall Flagg, Roland's ka-tet travel to the farming village of Calla Bryn Sturgis where they meet the townsfolk, as well as Father Callahan, who was originally introduced in 'Salem's Lot.
He and the townsfolk request the ka-tet's assistance in battling
against the Wolves of Thunderclap, who come once a generation to take
one child from each pair of the town's twins. After a few months of
being away, the children are then returned "roont" (ruined)--mentally
handicapped and destined to grow to enormous size and die young. The
Wolves are due to come in about a month's time.
Father Callahan also tells the gunslingers his remarkable story of how he left Maine following his battle with the vampire Barlow in the novel 'Salem's Lot.
Since that encounter he has gained the ability to identify vampires,
amongst whom Callahan identifies three types, by a blue aura. After
some time he begins killing minor vampires as he finds them; however,
this makes him a wanted man amongst the "low men" and so Callahan must
go into exile.
Eventually he is lured into a trap and dies, allowing him to enter Mid-World in 1983, much as Jake did when killed in The Gunslinger. He appears near the Calla with an evil magic ball called the Black Thirteen, and is found by the Manni people.
Not only do Roland of Gilead and his ka-tet have to protect the
Calla-folken from the Wolves, they must also protect a single red rose
that grows in a vacant lot on Second Avenue and Forty-Sixth Street in
mid-town Manhattan
of 1977. If it is destroyed, then the Tower, which is the rose in
another form, will fall. In order to get back to New York to prevent
this they must use the sinister Black Thirteen.
To add to that, Roland and Jake have noticed bizarre changes in Susannah's behavior, which are linked to the event recounted in The Waste Lands when Susannah occupies the demon in the stone circle.
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