Wolves of the Calla
(Dark Tower V)
Stephen King
931 Pages
Western / Mystery / Thriller / Epic Saga / High Fantasy
And so the Gunslingers and us the reader learn of the Calla, Callahan (of Salem's Lot) and the wolves. I was caught up in the story from page one.
In the Calla almost all people are born twins, and once a generation (every 25 years or so) the wolves come, grey men on grey horses. Stealing one child from each pair of twins who between the ages of 2 - 15. The stolen twin will be returned within months, their minds broken and ruined, they will grow to be toddlers as big as giants and they will die young of a terrible wasting disease. It has been so for more than 100 years. But this time it isn't just the wolves who are coming to the Calla. Roland, Susannah, Jake, Oi and Eddie will be there too. That is not the only problem for our gunslingers, they must also fight the battle of the rose in New York, convincing Calvin Tower and holding at bay the thugs from Eddies past. Susannah is keeping a secret from everyone including herself and while the gunslingers fight this noble fight time is passing... and the beams that hold the tower have very little time left.
The farther into these stories I get the more I love them. The more I reflect on them the more enchanted they seem. The whole world is just so perfect. I would recommend reading It, Salem's Lot, Hearts in Atlantis, The Dead Zone and a handful of other random King novels of your choice before reading this series because it will add so much to the experience.
With the movies coming out everyone should read these.
Everyone should read these anyways!
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