In the fourth powerful novel in Stephen King's bestselling fantasy quest, The Da
rk Tower beckons Roland, the Last Gunslinger, and the four companions he has gat
hered along the road. And, having narrowly escaped one world, they set out on a
terrifying journey across the scarred urban wasteland to brave a new world where
hidden dangers lie at every junction: a malevolent computer-run monorail hurtli
ng towards self-destruction, Roland's relentlessly cunning old enemy, and the te
mptation of the wizard's diabolical glass ball, a powerful force in Roland's fir
st love affair. A tale of long-ago love and adventure involving a beautiful and
quixotic woman named Susan Delgado.