The GunslingerStephen King

2000 د.ج

Now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, The Gunslinger marks the beginning of Stephen King’s monumental Dark Tower series. Hailed as “an impressive work of mythic magnitude” that may be King’s finest achievement, this first volume has become a #1 national bestseller.

The novel introduces Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger one of King’s most unforgettable characters. A solitary, enigmatic figure, Roland travels through a bleak and haunting landscape that echoes our own, pursuing the mysterious Man in Black. Along the way, he meets Alice, an alluring woman, and forms an unlikely bond with Jake, a boy who appears from New York.

Partly inspired by Robert Browning’s poem “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” The Gunslinger is a mesmerizing tale that pulls the reader inexorably into its depths a story “brilliant and fresh…that will leave you eager for more.”