roland (fictitious character : king)

Follows the life of Roland Deschain, a haunting figure who goes on a journey into good and evil.

Roland of Gilead continues his solitary quest for the Dark Tower, leading him to endless stretches of beach along the Western Sea.

"Eddie, a troubled young man with the ability to open doors to other worlds, smuggles narcotics for dangerous mobster Balazar. But now he must escape a packed airplane guarded by armed Customs agents! How will Eddie avoid prison--and fulfil the contract that will clear his brother Henry's name? The answer lies in Mid-World, with a dying gunslinger named Roland, and his quest to save the Dark tower! What doors will open when there's nothing left to lose? With Henry in Balazar's clutches, Eddie must face down the mobster. Outnumbered and outgunned, it's Eddie and Roland versus the world!"--Back cover.

Offers a book-by-book analysis of Stephen King's seven-volume saga "The Dark Tower", explaining the books' connections to King's other works and the author's creative process, inspirations, influences.

Roland and his ka-tet aid a quiet ranching community bracing itself for an attack by the Wolves of Thunderclap, who, every twenty-odd years, abduct one of each of their twin children and return them physically and mentally disabled; meanwhile, a single red rose of great portent is threatened in a vacant lot in Manhattan.

Roland and his ka-tet aid a quiet ranching community bracing itself for an attack by the Wolves of Thunderclap, who, every twenty-odd years, abduct one of each of their twin chidren and return them physically and mentally disabled; meanwhile, a single red rose of great portent is threatened in a vacant lot in Manhattan.

Roland, otherwise known as The Gunslinger, regathers his group of followers and continues his journey to the Dark Tower, where he must defeat a terrible evil that threatens the existence of life.

Roland, the last gunslinger, and his band of followers escape one world only to slip into the next where Roland reflects upon past adventures and about his one true love.

Roland Deschain and his ka-tet encounter a ferocious storm just after crossing the River Whye. As they shelter from the howling gale, Roland tells his Ka-tet friends two strange stories, and, in so doing, casts new light on his own troubled past.

Roland wanders into Tull, but is forced to fight his way out of the town thanks to a trap set for him by the man in black, who convinced the local minister that Roland was the devil incarnate.