Dark Tower 7 has been released. It’s the final book in the epic series by Stephen King, and it looks like he saved the best for last, with the book coming in at a whopping 850 pages.
This one picks up right where the cliffhanger of book six left off, with Jake and Father Callahan just about to enter the Dixie Pig in pursuit of Susanna/Mia, full well knowing that there is slim chance of them getting out alive. I’ve read the first chapter and here it goes form there defintely doesn’t disappoint.
It’s wierd….as I was saying to my friends (who are also huge Dark Tower fans), i am both excited and sad at the same time. I’ve only gotten into the whole DT world relatively recently, about 2 and a half years ago. Some people have been following the story since the 80s, and have been sitting through years of wait between the release of each new book in the series. In that time I have read not only the previous 6 dark tower novels but also a bunch of other King novels that are directly related to the Dark Tower (apparently, everythign King writes is either directly or indirectly related to the DT story). So much has changed in my life since I started reading it ( I can just imagine everyone else), it will be a sad joy to reach the culmination of the saga of Roland and his ka-tet. But as they say, the world has moved on.
i started reading the Dark Tower about 20 years ago, and recently finished the last book. all i’d like to say is that the ending is truly magnificent!