If you are a book reader who wants to read books of different genres every day but cannot get the time for it, well, maybe it could be the case where Stephen King could be your man.
Yes, the way he has combined the genres such as horror, fiction, and dark fantasy in this book series called The Dark Tower is simply epic and unforgettable. If you want to get this series, download the free The Dark Tower e-book from here. The Dark Tower has 24 entries in the series. The Dark Tower is a series of eight books and one short story written by American author Stephen King. Incorporating themes from multiple genres, including dark fantasy, science fantasy, horror, and Western, it describes a 'gunslinger' and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaphorical.
The series, and its use of the Dark Tower, expands upon Stephen King's. The first edition of the novel was published in October 1st , and was written by Stephen King.
The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format. The main characters of this fantasy. However, it is the literally genius of Stephen King who formulated and wrote a series where the different genres of book writing including horror, supernatural fiction, and dark fantasy combine in this single book series. Odetta is completely unaware that she has an alternate personality—a violent, predatory woman named Detta Walker—that was brought on by head trauma at a young age.
Roland and Eddie are forced to contend with both these personalities when Roland forcibly brings Odetta's body into his world, with Detta suppressing Odetta during most of their travels.
Odetta eventually returns, and she and Eddie venture alone toward the final door after Roland's infection recurs. The pair eventually find the third door labeled 'The Pusher' where Eddie leaves Odetta, armed with one of Roland's revolvers, and hurries back with her wheelchair to retrieve Roland. When they return, Odetta is gone, and Detta hides waiting to strike. After Roland enters the third door, Detta captures Eddie and uses him as bait for the lobstrosities, hoping to force Roland to come back and return her to her own world.
Instead of revealing a new companion, the third door leads Roland to Jack Mort, a sociopath who takes sadistic pleasure in injuring and killing random strangers — and the man responsible for the traumas that created Odetta's second personality and cost her both legs, as well as the death of Jake Chambers.
Roland arrives in Jack's body just as he is about to push Jake into traffic the event that leads to Jake's appearance in The Gunslinger and stops him from doing so. As they attempt to cancel each other out, they merge into a third, stronger personality, Susannah Dean. Susannah stops the lobstrosities from trying to eat Eddie. As the group travels away from the beach, Eddie—having broken his drug addiction after a painful withdrawal—begins to fall in love with Susannah.
Both owe their lives to Roland, but he is acutely aware that he may eventually need to sacrifice them to reach the Tower. The last masterful chapter of Roland Deschain's relentless quest is a roller-coaster of exhilarating triumph and aching loss. Roland's band of pilgrims remain. The first edition of the novel was published in , and was written by Stephen King.
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