This magnificent novel is the final volume in Stephen King's epic masterpiece and the most anticipated book of his legendary career. It is the book millions of his readers have been waiting for with excitement and awe in their own quest to reach the Dark Tower. Powerful and darkly suspenseful, this unforgettable finale will also leave readers wanting to read the series again.
The last masterful chapter of Roland Deschain's relentless quest is a roller-coaster of exhilarating triumph and aching loss. Roland's band of pilgrims remains united, though scattered. Susannah-Mia has been carried off to a chamber in New York. Terrified of what she will give birth to; Jake, Father Callahan and even Oy follow, not aware of how noxious the foes are they face.
Roland and Eddie are in Maine, looking for the site on Turtleback Lane which will lead them to Susannah. Yet they have come to realise that the world they need to escape is the only one that matters.
His every step shadowed by a terrible and sinister creation; Roland closes in on the Tower. And finally, he realises he may have to leave his companions in the last, dark strait.
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Pere Don Callahan had once been the Catholic priest of a town - 'Salem's Lot had been its name - that no longer existed on any map.- CHAPTER 1, CLLAHAN AND THE VAMPIRES
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(@HodderBooks, 1 January 2005, hardback, first edition, 900 pages, bought from @AmazonUK)
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So I've reached the end of the main books in The Dark Tower series. I feel quite sad. I cried a lot reading this final chapter. So many things happen that break my heart every time, least of all the breaking of Roland's ka-tet and the death of two main characters. I love The Dark Tower. I still remember how I felt the first time I read it, not long after it came out, how enthralled I was. This is an incredible end to one of the best literary series every written. I am wrecked. I plan to read The Wind Through The Keyhole next and a couple of graphic novels I have then work through the books on this list which have some connection to The Dark Tower, https://stephenking.com/darktower/connections/. It's been a joy to revisit these books.