The Wastelands
(Dark Tower III)
Stephen King
7 Stars422 Pages
Fiction / Fantasy / Western / Thriller / Mystery
This book begins with Roland, Suzanna and Eddie following the beam on their mission for the Dark Tower, Eddie and Suz are apprentice gunslingers and along with learning how to shoot, they and we are treated to more about how the world was before it "moved on". The Old Ones -who are turning point between this time and the time before it- sound like something out of a satirical science fiction, from the hints given we are lead to believe in a nuclear war and/or biochemical warfare. The war happened for an unknown reason, between people with incredible technologies, such as; cyborgs and possibly the ability to travel though time and space.
Having altered the past in New York, Roland has created a paradox in time, and that knowledge of what has been, could be and will be has started to tear his mind into pieces, as the madness snowballs a race against time begins to save the gunslingers sanity.
As if that is not enough they must still find and draw the third foretold person into their party.
I am loving this other side of King and when I start or end a book I keep wondering why I didn't get into them sooner because they are just amazing. A neutral note for the books, each is so different from the others that I just can't get into a rhythm with reading them. While they have action packed seconds where you can't put the book down they lack King's usual babbling lulls, this is such a clear and fleshed out realm and their are increasing references to other King works as we go along (which I love)
About half way through this I found out that the fourth book is about Rolands past and I rushed through the final chapters a little faster than I should have probably.
2017 is the year they come out with the Dark Tower movie and I am hoping it drives more people to these novels because they are SO worth reading!!!
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