The Dark Tower IV
About
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba The fourth volume in the brilliant Dark Tower Series is splendidly tenserip-roaring (Publishers Weekly )a #1 national bestseller about an epic quest to save the universe. In Wizard and Glass , Stephen King is at his most ebullientsweeping readers up inswells of passion (Publishers Weekly ) as Roland the Gunslinger, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake survive Blaine the Monos final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado, and where he and his old tet -mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of John Farson, the harrier whowith a little help from a seeing sphere called Maerlyns Grapefruitignited Mid-Worlds final war. Filled with blazing action (Booklist ), the fourth installment in the Dark Tower Series whets the appetite for more (Bangor Daily News ). Wizard and Glass is a thrilling read from the reigning King of American popular literature (Los Angeles Daily News ).
Highlights
Fools are the only folk on the earth who can absolutely count on getting what they deserve.
As with any other strong drug, true first love is really only interesting to those who have become its prisoners.
Those in the grip of a strong drug—heroin, devil grass, true love—often find themselves trying to maintain a precarious balance between secrecy and ecstasy as they walk the tightrope of their lives.
…folk-tales are, at best, generally no more than lies set in rhyme.