Hardcover, 704 pages
English language
Published Sept. 22, 2004 by Hodder & Stoughton.
This magnificent novel is the final volume in Stephen King's epic masterpiece and the most anticipated book in 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 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 are the foes 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 realize that …
This magnificent novel is the final volume in Stephen King's epic masterpiece and the most anticipated book in 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 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 are the foes 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 realize 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.
Thus the book opens, like a door to the uttermost reaches of Stephen King's imagination. You've come this far. Come a little farther. Come all the way. The sound you hear may be the slamming of the door behind you. Welcome to The Dark Tower. --front flap
A little slow in places and a little rushed in others, I was not disappointed when all was said and done. The journey was long, but good, and I count myself fortunate to have been able to take it.
I will be thinking about the ending for a long time. This was a great series and fitting ending.
