Dark Tower: the Gunslinger: The Journey Begins

By Robin Furth, Stephen King, Peter David

Book Overview

The Barony of Gilead has fallen to the forces of the evil John Farson, as the Gunslingers are massacred at the Battle of Jericho Hill. But one Gunslinger rises from the ashes: Roland Deschain. As Deschain's limp body is tossed onto a funeral pyre ... he's not dead yet. Roland escapes; as the last of the Gunslingers, he sets out in search of the mysterious Dark Tower - the one place where he can set the events of his out-of-synch world right. Along the way, Roland will battle the Not-Men, the Slow Mutants and more as he trails the Man in Black, the sorcerer who holds the key to Roland's finding the Dark Tower. COLLECTING: DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER 1-5

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785147101
• ISBN13: 9780785147107
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.3" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Talk about a cliffhanger!

The Dark Tower series is a series of cliffhangers. With no real direction and a scant outline, Stephen cannot paint himself into a corner. As with any dream (nightmare), you just change the rules if you get stuck with some logic. And this is what it is, just one long dream. It has all the elements of Stephen King, including his potty mouth. Do not try to compare this loosely jointed series of encounters with works such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan, and George Lucas, as they have no resemblance to the Joseph Campbell myth of someone challenged to become more than they are. This animal is in its own purely fantasy (don't look for depth) project. I say project because it is ongoing without a clear stopping point in mind. If you look at it this way, then it can be a "five-star" in its category. "The Gunslinger" is over before it gets started, no time to form an opinion. "The Drawing of the Three" is twice as long as the previous, and leaves you with a dislike for lobster. "The Waste Lands" is twice as long as the previous, leaving you with a dislike for Amtrak. By now, you have no opinion, dislike eating lobster on Amtrak, and cannot wait for the next installment (Wizard and Glass).