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reviewed The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (The Dark Tower, #2)

Stephen King, Stephen King: The Drawing of the Three (Paperback, 2003, Signet)

The Drawing of the Three is a dark fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. …

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Having sacrificed the boy to his purpose, caught the Man in Black, held his long palaver with him unto his death, and reaching he Great Western Sea; Roland awakes to find himself compromised; both in weapon (an analogue for his lethality and purpose) and physically, by the beasts which come in the night with the tide. Having been castrated in this form, Roland begins his task of drawing the three; in which he nearly dies. But die he does not, Roland's determination and his purpose in this dying world are too great, or are they? How many times van the Gunslinger beat death in the bringing together his foretold companions through the doorways from our world to his?

Stephen King: The Dark Tower I (Paperback, 2016, Scribner)

[The Dark Tower][1] I

The opening chapter in the epic Dark Tower series. Roland, …

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Roland is a remarkable character. He's the last of his kind in a world no longer his own; civilization all but completely spent in any capacity. His life but a single purpose, pursue the Dark Tower. His path: the Man in Black. In the end, he faces this foe and must sacrifice for the sake of his quest. Without his quest, his purpose, Roland's life is without meaning; so he sacrifices the last of his hmanity.

This is certainly the firs book in a series and sets up the primary character nicely. How far Roland will go to pursue the Dark Tower is unquestionable, but is it? As with many beginnings, is is but a setup in it's purpose, but it achieves that purpose well, while still leaving you wondering about the main character.