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The Dark Tower
Book 7 of 7 in The Dark Tower · by Stephen King
Spoilers for books 1-6 of The Dark Tower.
This page assumes you have read The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass, Wolves of the Calla and Song of Susannah. The opening below goes no further than chapters 1 and 2 of Part One of The Dark Tower.How it opens and who you meet earlySpoils books 1-6. Nothing past chapters 1 and 2 of Part One of The Dark Tower.ShowHide
How it opens
In Manhattan, Jake Chambers, Oy and Pere Callahan walk into the Dixie Pig to go after Susannah, and Jake reckons there are close to a hundred low men and vampires inside. Callahan holds up a scrimshaw turtle that keeps most of the room in their seats, and Roland, reaching him from far away, speaks through Callahan's mouth to order Jake on. Jake flees with Oy, and Callahan stays to hold off the ancient vampires until, overwhelmed, he turns the gun on himself. Meanwhile Roland and Eddie, driving away from a writer's house in 1977 Maine, are lifted out of the world on a great wave and see Susannah lying beside Mia, the two joined by metal hoods.
Who you meet early
- Roland DeschainRoland of Gilead is in 1977 Maine with Eddie Dean, driving away from the writer Stephen King's house with the bill of sale for the vacant lot that Calvin Tower signed. Lifted out of the world on a great wave, he sees Susannah lying beside Mia, then reaches into Pere Callahan in the Dixie Pig to order Jake on.
- Eddie DeanEddie Dean is driving John Cullum's Ford through 1977 Maine with Roland, grooved in one arm and shot in the right calf from a fight. On the way a great wave lifts them out of the world, and he sees his wife, Susannah, lying beside Mia.
- Jake ChambersJake Chambers is back in Manhattan with Oy and Pere Callahan, carrying Susannah's throwing plates as they go into the Dixie Pig after her. Ordered on in Roland's voice, he runs deeper in with Oy while Callahan stays behind.
- OyOy, Jake Chambers's billy-bumbler, followed the boy through the Unfound Door to New York. In the Dixie Pig he crunches some of the blood-drinking bugs that pour from under the tables and drives the rest back, then runs on beside Jake.
- Susannah DeanSusannah Dean, Eddie's wife, is seen by Roland and Eddie in a vision, lying beside Mia in a room of empty beds. The two women are joined by metal hoods and a steel hose while a doctor with forceps works on Mia, who is giving birth.
Where it sits
The Dark Tower is book 7 of 7. Read The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass, Wolves of the Calla and Song of Susannah first, in that order.
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