Roland is moving ever closer to the Dark Tower, which haunts his dreams and nightmares. As he and his friends cross a desert of damnation in their macabre new world, revelations begin to unfold about who--and what--is driving him forward.

The first book of Stephen King's series introduces the haunting figure, Roland of Gilead, the last gunslinger.

"How could you have done it, Roland? How could you have killed your own mother? That's what everyone in Gilead's asking-- even your grieving father. But you know the answer: Marten Broadcloak and one of them evil grapefruits. That's how. And while you rot in jail, Broadcloak's plot is wrapping its bloody and black tendrils around Gilead. Your town-- the home of the gunslingers-- is the prize possession of the great enemy of the land, John Farson....

Near death from an attack by slow mutants, Roland Deschain is taken in by a group of nuns who specialize in anything but the healing arts. These hideous, corpse-like creatures--the Little Sisters of Eluria--have murder on their twisted minds. And in his current condition, there's almost nothing the last Gunslinger can do to prevent their tender mercies from taking hold.

Roland z Gilead jest rewolwerowcem, jednym z nielicznych usiłujących utrzymać porządek w świecie rosnącego bezprawia, połączeniem błędnego rycerza i szeryfa z Dzikiego Zachodu. Wraz z grupą towarzyszy przemierza złowrogi, wyludniony świat, zniszczony przez wojny, zamieszkały przez mutanty i demony, w poszukiwaniu tajemniczej Mrocznej Wieży stojącej w centrum istnienia wszystkich światów. Wędrowców zatrzymuje lodowaty wicher niszczący...

Roland Deschain pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea. He is a solitary figure, perhaps accursed, who with a strange singlemindedness traverses an exhausted, almost timeless landscape.

Enter once more the world of Roland Deschain--and the world of the Dark Tower. Now near death following a vicious attack by the inhuman Slow Mutants, Roland is detoured from his relentless pursuit of the Man in Black and is taken in by a mysterious and unearthly group of nuns who specialize in anything but the healing arts. These hideous, corpselike creatures--the Little Sisters of Eluria--have murder on their twisted minds. And in his current condition,...