The Dark Tower II

The Dark Tower II

by Stephen King

Status
Finished reading
Rating
★★★★★
Started
August 28, 2019
Finished
August 28, 2019
Pages
496

About

“Taking place mere hours following the dramatic events seen in The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three continues with Roland of Gilead on his solitary quest for the Dark Tower, leading him to a seemingly endless stretch of beach along the Western Sea—a terrain filled with unearthly monstrosities that mean certain death if he lets his guard down. But there are other mysteries along this desolate shoreline as well: three arcane doorways standing freely in the sand and cryptically designated as The Prisoner, The Lady of Shadows, and The Pusher. Each one is a portal to our world’s New York City at different points in time, and each one is complete with its own set of dangers that could spell the end of Roland’s journey. The world has moved on, and the Tower draws even closer…”—Back cover.

Unchaptered

p. 45

He knew the name of the prisoner’s brother, but not the name of the man himself. But of course names were secret things, full of power.

Highlights

“What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common…”