While Roland the Gunslinger and his companions leap between worlds, he relates his experiences with the elusive, powerful emotion of love in a journey into his own past. Reissue.
Pros: We learn Roland's story, we find the Wizard of Oz, we are still lost Cons: Still waiting The Bottom Line: If you've read the other three, you might as well go for the gusto Phase IV of the story of the Dark Tower introduces us to the making of Roland into what he has become. We have wondered at his weathered face and beaten persona, although he rides tall in the saddle and walks firm on the tundra. … more
As "Wizard and Glass" begins, Roland and his companions are hurtling over the wastelands, imprisoned by the mad computer Blaine the Mono, who means to destroy itself at the end of its run, taking Roland, Eddie, Jake, Susannah, and Oy with it. The only thing that can stop it is a riddle... a riddle Blaine cannot solve.There are many suspenseful and exciting moments in the fourth book of King's Dark Tower series, and the beginning is certainly one of them. However, the story we know of Roland so far … more