The Dark Tower v.7 - Stephen King

The story so far… Roland of Gilead the last in a long and revered line of true Gunslingers is finally nearing the end of his quest to reach The Dark Tower and save it from The Crimson King. If he fails The Dark Tower is destroyed all worlds will crumble. As Roland and Eddie Dean, former heroin addict and now a Gunslinger in his own right edge toward the tower their friends Jake and Father Callahan are heading for a showdown with a group of vampires Callahan knows only to well. Will they succeed in defeating them to save Eddie's wife Susannah from the demon child to whom she is about to give birth? "The Dark Tower" is the seventh and final ...  Read the complete review

'Will ya come farther with me?' asks Stephen King, posing the question at the end of each of the first 6 volumes of his epic 'The Dark Tower' saga. At the last time of offering, though, I was torn. I didn't want to embark on the 7th and final volume - it signified the beginning of the end.... Let me first point out that, although you may enjoy it in places, it is nigh on impossible to read the 7th book without reading the first 6 and still understand what is going on. Really, it is highly advisable to read the other 6 in order, first, and to take your time doing so. I was introduced to 'The Dark Tower early in 2004, shortly after the birth of my son. I had ...  Read the complete review

The Dark Tower is the final book in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower Series, and what a finale, The story begins where book six finished with the ka-tet split, Eddie & Roland are still in Maine whilst Jake & Father Callahan are stuck in a room of Vampires and low-men in New York searching for Susannah, Susannah meanwhile has been taken back to Fedic to give birth to the son of the Crimson King or is that the son of Roland, somehow the child belongs to both... Although this book is fairly long the story continues at a brisk pace and for once King doesn't seem to spend to long describing every little detail leaving a little for the readers imagination to ...  Read the complete review

A rather interesting idea. Right near the end King asks you not to read the ending! He hates endings, and I often feel his endings are not great. So in this book he says, we came for the journey and not the ending! In this case it is true. The journey is the important bit, not the ending. Don't rush through this book to get to the ending, relish every page. PLOT The crew is reunited and we finally meet 'the breakers' the people who have been working to destroy the beams holding the universe in place. Much of the book concerns the crew trying to stop them (with an appearance by Ted Brautigan from Hearts in Atlantis) the rest of the story follows ...  Read the complete review