This fifth volume in Stephen King's epic series. Torn between protecting the innocent community and his urgent quest, Roland of Gilead faces the most deadly of perils as he journeys through the Mid-World towards the Dark Tower.
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Roland of Gilead's quest to save all worlds from evil continues in this fifth installment of King's epic tale, which finds the gunslinger and his companions helping the farmers of Calla Bryn Sturgis fight against the terrifying "Wolves" who threaten to kidnap the Calla's children. Joining them is Father Callahan, who first appeared in King's second book, 'Salem's Lot (1975). Using a low, gruff voice that only Clint Eastwood could equal, Guidall aptly captures Roland's rough-edged character, but it's often difficult to distinguish between the tenors he employs for the book's many male characters. Andy the robot, however, is one character that listeners won't confuse with the others. Wise-guy gunslinger Eddie might compare Andy to Star Wars' C3PO, both in his "complacent, slightly prissy voice" and his lanky, mechanical appearance, but avid listeners will find that the tone Guidall adopts for Andy more closely resembles that of the beloved 1980s toy Speak & Spell. In the afterword, King thanks the narrator of the first four Dark Tower novels, Frank Muller, whose debilitating motorcycle accident in 2001 prevented him from finishing the series. "[A]udio insists you absorb everything," King notes, and in Muller's absence, Guidall does a fine job of bringing this epic tale to life.--udio insists you absorb everything," King notes, and in Muller's absence, Guidall does a fine job of bringing this epic tale to life.
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Wizard and Glass (1997), volume 4 of King's massive, postapocalyptic, chivalrized western, The Dark Tower, was rather a snooze, not for lack of action but because it was primarily a flashback that drew unmercifully on King's stash of horse-opera cliches. "'S'all very nice," one thought, "but let's move it, Steve!" Volume 5--this book--moves it, despite not getting Roland the Gunslinger much nearer the Dark Tower, taking another big backward glance, and continuing to mine an open pit of oater conceits. Roland's ka-tet--himself and three twentieth-century New Yorkers, all of them now fellow gunslingers--approach a ranching and farming community anticipating a recurrent pestilence. After 23 years, the Wolves are coming from the evil-darkened East to abduct one of every pair of prepubescent twins older than three. The children will be returned, but nearly witless and sterile, doomed to grow immensely and enormously painfully in their middle teens, serve (if not too stupid) as workhorses, and suddenly, painfully wither and die in their early thirties. An erstwhile priest in the community knows what Roland and company are, and he persuades a community to send a committee to ask for their help. Of course, once asked, the code of the gunslinger compels acceptance. Gonna be a humdinger of a fight! Fore and aft of the showdown, King stuffs the book with juice, like the big flashback, in which Pere Callahan reveals his past in . . . 'Salem's Lot. One of the greatest cavalcades in popular fiction is back on track. Ray Olson
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i love sk books ... it brings fantasy and horror together in a story that spans several books ... great read
By AMC
Format:Hardcover
Stephen King's fans who don't read the Dark Tower series are really missing out. The "Wolves of Calla" is an impressive, well-written, story that raises questions King has been giving us in other works and ties in one of his very first stories in a unique way.
The suspense and drama of the books are fantastic, but I think it's the characters that really set this series apart. In "Wolves of the Calla", each member of the ka-tet has agonizing personal choices to make and their decisions, sometimes flawed, sometimes heroic, make this series something beyond classification. This isn't a drawn-out epic fantasy or a gimmicky tie in of other novels. Like "Wizard and the Glass" this novel is memorable both in itself and in what is does for the series storyline.
Jake is growing up. The Gunslinger is growing a heart (has been for some time). He's also losing some of his physical abilities, but he's a much more interesting character than when he started out. Susannah's latest personality would defy belief if written by any other writer, but Stephen King handles her masterfully. And Eddie the former junkie is now the one that's desperate to hold the group together. The battle to project a town's children against seemingly unstoppable "wolves" is just one part of the story.
The stakes are raised at the conclusion of this installment by a new character with his own stunning background added to mix and Stephen King tantalizes us with the first real glimpse of how this serious might conclude. I hate the spoilers, so that's all I'll say.
Don't miss it.
By Vick
Format:Paperback
I finished this book just over an hour ago. The earlier entries drew me deeper and deeper into Roland's world. In this one, it seems like Stephen King lost nearly all creative function and started borrowing from the world's of others - and even his own earlier creations!
Dr. Doom makes an appearance!
If you like Star Wars, you'll find lightsabers aplenty here!
Harry Potter fan? Give this one a go!
But if you're a fan of the Dark Tower, this is NOT for you. This book divulges little to no information on the Path of the Beam, the Tower, the ka-tet. Instead of giving what's wanted, King instead draws a portrait of the town of Calla, and probably the most important resident: Father Callahan. This is a character from a previous work of his (Salem's Lot). Later on, Father Callahan will find the book and read it.
That's right - Salem's Lot (the book) exists in this book as if it were something REAL, not a piece of fiction. The character's find it, read it, and draw some clues from it.
Overall I have a very bitter aftertaste, and hope OH SO VERY MUCH that the series gets back on track in the next book - or the final one. This book does little for the Tower or the ka-tet, save for 30-40 pages. I wish this book could be OMITTED!
What a letdown!
Dr. Doom makes an appearance!
If you like Star Wars, you'll find lightsabers aplenty here!
Harry Potter fan? Give this one a go!
But if you're a fan of the Dark Tower, this is NOT for you. This book divulges little to no information on the Path of the Beam, the Tower, the ka-tet. Instead of giving what's wanted, King instead draws a portrait of the town of Calla, and probably the most important resident: Father Callahan. This is a character from a previous work of his (Salem's Lot). Later on, Father Callahan will find the book and read it.
That's right - Salem's Lot (the book) exists in this book as if it were something REAL, not a piece of fiction. The character's find it, read it, and draw some clues from it.
Overall I have a very bitter aftertaste, and hope OH SO VERY MUCH that the series gets back on track in the next book - or the final one. This book does little for the Tower or the ka-tet, save for 30-40 pages. I wish this book could be OMITTED!
What a letdown!
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Long Live Roland
Stephen King is a master storyteller, a shaman of the written word(s). The way he has interwoven his life’s work to the greater story of the tower is awe-inspiring. Read more
Published on Dec 5 2006 by Jon Beckford
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I'd give it 4 1/2 stars if I could
For all of you, like me, who despised Wizard and Glass this book is for you. Finally we are getting somewhere. It has been YEARS since King has been this good. Read more
Published on July 20 2004 by Jason P. Archer
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King keeps giving ... and we swallow it all!
Again, King has the skill to develop his characters into breathing, thinking, 3D personalities, and once again he has done this in Wolves of the Calla. I loved this book. Read more
Published on July 17 2004 by Doron Toister
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful
I'm completely disappointed with the series at this point. The dark story of a gunslinger's quest for the Dark Tower seems to have taken a back seat to a new premise: fictional... Read more
Published on July 16 2004 by xpccx
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A little off track but still a good book
The Wolves of the Calla is a good book and essentially has two stories. One story is the staying on the track of the Dark Tower and what the ka-tet needs to do to get there and the... Read more
Published on July 10 2004 by Troy Wallis
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Not the best but satisfying
I have to admit that a lengthy amount of time passed for me before picking up the series again on a flight from CO to FL with Wizard and Glass. Read more
Published on July 3 2004
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A good summer read
I have been into the Dark Tower books from the start. They have been with me from college thru fatherhood, almost like my own saga. Ka. Read more
Published on July 2 2004
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Make the Bad Man Stop!
What began as a series I would have expected to be studied in literature classes some fifty years from now and would have ranked as finer than the Lord of the Rings series has... Read more
Published on July 2 2004 by T. Bitsky
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Father Callahan and ka-tet to the resue
In this fifth instalment of the dark tower series Roland and his ka-tet continue to travel through the ruins of Mid-World and along the path of the beam that leads to the dark... Read more
Published on July 1 2004 by Matthew King
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Solid entry, but not great.
This book is definately not the best book in the Dark Tower Series. It's hard to get into it, the dialect changes somewhat dramatically. Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by BJA
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