Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger, sets out in pursuit of the Man in Black into a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own.
In his first step towards the powerful and mysterious Dark Tower, Roland encounters an alluring woman named Alice and begins a friendship with Jake, a kid from New York. Faced with an agonising choice, Roland is torn between damnation and salvation as he determines to find out what the Man in Black knows.
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The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed.
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(New English Library, 1 January 2012, paperback, 304 pages, bought from Amazon)
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I've read The Dark Tower series at least 10 times over the years and I keep returning to it. There among my favourite books. Two years after moving house I've finally unpacked my book collection and couldn't resist returning to Gilead. This is much shorter than the other books in the series but lays the groundwork for the next six massive books. Roland and his quest for the Tower and to find the strange man in black is the driving force of this book and the book ends with him learning he will draw three strangers into his quest as well. I love it. I can't wait to read the next book, The Drawing of the Three, one of my favourites in the series.