Product Description

The second novel in Stephen King's epic fantasy masterpiece - relaunched in B format with a new series look.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1154 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-27
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

Synopsis
Roland of Gilead, the last Gunslinger, encounters three doors which open to 1980s America, where he joins forces with the defiant Eddie Dean and courageous, volatile Odetta Holmes. And confronts deadly serial killer Jack Mort. As the titanic forces gather, a savage struggle between underworld evil and otherworldly enemies conspire to bring an end to Roland's quest for the Dark Tower! Masterfully weaving dark fantasy and icy realism, "The Drawing Of The Three" compulsively propels readers toward the next chapter. And the Tower is closer...

About the Author
Stephen King is the bestselling author of more than thirty books of which the most recent are DREAMCATCHER, EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL and FROM A BUICK 8. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, in Bangor, Maine.

Customer Reviews

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this is the best dark tower book - excellent pace, a gripping page turner.

it could almost be a standalone novel (almost) and has the most unique identity of all seven books.

The Drawing of the Three
It was inevitable that King wouldn't be able to keep up the dreamlike storytelling style that made "Gunslinger", the first in the Dark Tower series, so great. But of course he never intended to, he wanted to thoroughly open up the world that he had only just begun to describe in the first book.

The "Drawing of the Three" brings together the group of travellers that accompany Roland, the gunslinger, on his quest for the Dark Tower. From Roland's world we peer into others, including our own, and from them come to know a group of expertly realised characters in the form of Eddie, Odetta and Jake, all of which become so very real throughout the series that the books are not simply compulsive, but self-driven to the extent that you're worried they'll carry on without you if you ever put them down.

The opening is brilliant. When the story branches and we come to know the new characters, the "three", it gets even better. And, as King is so well at doing, the different threads come together in a manner that makes this second book so difficult to put down.

If you read the first book and wonder if you want to pick up the second, perhaps unsure of the route King is taking in this genre, or intimidated by the size of the sequels, don't hesitate. Pick up the second. If by the end you don't immediately want to pick up the third book, I'll eat my hat. If I owned one.

Roland of Gilead looks for companions for his quest ...
No quest should be made alone. Every hero gets companions brought to him by the fate and the quest of the Dark Tower is no exception. Roland of Gilead, the last gunslinger of the fast dying world needs to find three companions who were predestined for him - and if he fails, his quest will also fail. But the fate tips often the balance against the hero and Roland starts this challenge with a very serious handicap. No more details will be provided but this book is possibly the most upsetting (in the good sense of the world) in the whole series. The feeling of emergency and the run against the clock is described by Stephen King in a masterly way - as well as the suffering of the main hero, who really pays for every step forward with his blood, especially when trying to bring to his world the first of the companions, who is also possibly the most unlikely.... This book also has great humour moments, especially Roland's comments on our world. It is not frequent to find such a good and exciting read.