Paperback, 584 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 1997 by New English Library.
Roland, the Last Gunslinger, is moving ever closer to the Dark Tower, which haunts his dreams and nightmares. Pursued by the Ageless Stranger, he and his friends follow the perilous path to Lud,an urban wasteland. And crossing a desert of damnation in this macabre new world, revelations begin to unfold about who — and what — is driving him forward.
A blend of riveting action and powerful drama, The Waste Lands leaves readers breathlessly awaiting the next chapter. And the Tower is closer ... --back cover
Much more to this story than the others, building on the world that has been established. And a lot more happens.
I've read far beyond not compelled to review which I really should, it's just good for the sake of being good. The Waste Lands where we follow the Beam, the city of Lud, and Blaine the Pain. There was a lot of diversity here, snapshots of time gone wonky, people losing their minds--Lord of the Flies comes to mind and a Mono who controls them all with failed dipolar circuitry.
What a wicked web is weaved and who doesn't smell Gasher through his run? If the mad hatter was truly mad and lived during these times, maybe he would have been the tiktok man?
If you want a vivisection of a city in squalor, it's people gone to ash and our trio+bumbler through this arc and onto the most insane ending you should read this.
The series gets better and better. The pacing of this book is amazing, it feels like so many stories and the drip-like revelations about roland and his world give it a lot of depth.
