Product Description

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...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9542 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

Review
'Join the quest before it's too late' -- Independent on Sunday on THE SONG OF SUSANNAH 'Pulse-poundingly engaging' -- Sunday Express on THE SONG OF SUSANNAH 'Classic King, fine characters, compellingly written in a gripping, well-honed plot' -- Daily Express on WOLVES OF THE CALLA 'Superbly energetic, it's King at his best' -- Mail on Sunday on WIZARD AND GLASS King's magnificent uberstory is finally complete... King's achievement is startling; his characters fresh... his plot sharply drawn... It is magic. -- Daily Express on The Dark Tower

Review
‘Join the quest before it’s too late’ (Independent on Sunday on THE SONG OF SUSANNAH )

'Pulse-poundingly engaging’ (Sunday Express on THE SONG OF SUSANNAH )

'Classic King, fine characters, compellingly written in a gripping, well-honed plot' (Daily Express on WOLVES OF THE CALLA )

'Superbly energetic, it's King at his best' (Mail on Sunday on WIZARD AND GLASS )

King's magnificent uberstory is finally complete... King's achievement is startling; his characters fresh... his plot sharply drawn... It is magic. (Daily Express on The Dark Tower )

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...

Customer Reviews

wow - compulsively readable and addictive
wow
this book is utterly brilliant - unbelievably well written - completely gripping and compulsively readable.
i will be honest that i didn't expect great things after the slightly disappointing Gunslinger, but this 2nd volume in King's Magnum Opus just takes the piss. it is a million miles better than number 1. and has made me a Dark Tower fan in seconds.
it is basically three doors and a story of drawing sidekicks out of them for the enigmatic hero Roland. These characters are amazing and colorful, the world's they come from and the scenes they get embroiled in are readable and gripping. King crafts characters better than most any other writer i know and this is no exception - the intros to every character are huge - and even minor characters get their entire life related to the reader.
its immensely satisfying - i found myself getting through about 150 pages of it in one sitting - it really was an up-all-nighter - the parallel world's and situations are just amazing to read.
King has done himself proud - and after this blinder of a novel i have high high hopes for this epic tale. if the rest of the series is even half as good as this one - it'll be an epic of unrivalled quality.
10/10 - its going straight in my top books - and hopefully if the series lives up it, has guaranteed a place for the whole Dark Tower tale :D

best in show
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.