 | | | | | | Wolves of the Calla | | Item Specifics - Fiction Books | | | Author: | Stephen King | | Format: | Hardcover | | | Publisher: | Donald m Grant Pub Inc | | Category: | Horror | | | ISBN-10: | 1880418568 | | Sub-Category: | -- | | | ISBN-13: | 9781880418567 | | Condition: | -- | | | Publication Year: | 2003 | | | | | | Special Attributes: | -- | | | | | | |
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Wolves of the Calla
Dark Tower V
by Stephen King
The first four books of Stephen King's Dark Tower series are engaging,
somewhat endearing works of fiction, some of which ("The Drawing of the
Three") are individually stronger than others ("The Gunslinger";
"Wizard and Glass"), but "Wolves of the Calla" (Book 5) smokes them
all. Not only is this rip-roaring piece of epic fiction the strongest
book in the series yet, it's also one of the best things King has ever
written. Period. Considering my struggle to make it through "Wizard and
Glass," I found the writing in "Wolves" so engaging that it swept me in
its grip every time I sat down to read. Roland and his ka-tet come
across the town of Calla Bryn Springs where, every 23 years, a cluster
of "wolves" on horseback steal the children and send them back home
towering mongoloids; the gunslinger concots a plan of retaliation, all
while trying to protect the Rose, housed in a vacant lot in 1977 New
York City. The suspense in "Wolves" builds with majestic mastery,
laying out the plot in the extended prologue and getting mileage out of
characters who, on the surface, are seemingly generic stereotypes of
fantasy townfolk. While the climax only amounts to a scant few pages,
the richness of the narrative as a whole shines through. And the
illustrations--by "Cycle of the Werewolf" illustrator Bernie
Wrightson--may be the best visual accompaniment to Roland's (and
King's, and Our) journey yet.
This hard cover book comes complete with dust
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| Synopsis | In this, the fifth world-crossing dark fantasy in Stephen King's Dark Tower series, Roland and company find themselves involved in some odd goings-on in and around the town of Call Bryn Sturgis. Tracing a 20-year sacrifice cycle in the town, they uncover a connection to the Dark Tower that is less than savory.
Roland Deschain and his ka-tet are bearing southeast through the forests of Mid-World, the almost timeless landscape that seems to stretch from the wreckage of civility that defined Roland's youth to the crimson chaos that seems the future's only promise. Readers of Stephen King's epic series know Roland well, or as well as this enigmatic hero can be known. They also know the companions who have been drawn to his quest for the Dark Tower: Eddie Dean and his wife, Susannah; Jake Chambers, the boy who has come twice through the doorway of death into Roland's world; and Oy, the Billy-Bumbler. In this long-awaited fifth novel in the saga, their path takes them to the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis, a tranquil valley community of farmers and ranchers on Mid-World's borderlands. Beyond the town, the rocky ground rises toward the hulking darkness of Thunderclap, the source of a terrible affliction that is slowly stealing the community's soul. One of the town's residents is Pere Callahan, a ruined priest who, like Susannah, Eddie, and Jake, passed through one of the portals that lead both into and out of Roland's world. As Father Callahan tells the ka-tet the astonishing story of what happened following his shamed departure from Maine in 1977, his connection to the Dark Tower becomes clear, as does the danger facing a single red rose in a vacant lot off Second Avenue in midtown Manhattan. For Calla Bryn Sturgis, danger gathers in the east like a storm cloud. The Wolves of Thunderclap and their unspeakable depredation are coming. To resist them is to risk all, but these are odds the gunslingers are used to, and they can give the Calla-folken both courage and cunning. Their guns, however, will not be enough.
| | Details | | Series: | Dark Tower Series Number 5 |
| | Size | | Height: | 9.3 in. | | Width: | 6.5 in. | | Thickness: | 2.0 in. | | Weight: | 43.2 oz. |
| | Publisher's Note | A long-anticipated fifth installment of the series continues the adventures of gunslinger Roland, who with his companions endeavors to reach and hopefully save the Dark Tower, a quest that is challenged by the evil wolves of Thunderclap, who are abducting the children of the residents of a town in the tower's shadow.
| | Industry reviews | "...[T]he longer you stick with [WOLVES OF THE CALLA], the more its everything-but-the-kitchen-sink enthusiasm and its hypnotic blend of suspense and sentimentality begin to work on you."
New York Times Book Review - Andrew O'Hehir (01/04/2004)
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