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    Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
    Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
    Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
    Audiobook18 hours

    Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands

    Written by Stephen King

    Narrated by Frank Muller

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    The third volume in the #1 nationally bestselling Dark Tower Series, involving the enigmatic Roland (the last gunfighter) and his ongoing quest for the Dark Tower, is “Stephen King at his best” (School Library Journal).

    Several months have passed since The Drawing of the Three, and in The Waste Lands, Roland’s two new tet-mates have become trained gunslingers. Eddie Dean has given up heroin, and Odetta’s two selves have joined, becoming the stronger and more balanced personality of Susannah Dean. But Roland altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers, a boy who—in Roland’s world—has already died. Now Roland and Jake exist in different worlds, but they are joined by the same madness: the paradox of double memories. Roland, Susannah, and Eddie must draw Jake into Mid-World and then follow the Path of the Beam all the way to the Dark Tower. There are new evils…new dangers to threaten Roland’s little band in the devastated city of Lud and the surrounding wastelands, as well as horrific confrontations with Blaine the Mono, the piratical Gasher, and the frightening Tick-Tock Man.

    The Dark Tower Series continues to show Stephen King as a master of his craft. What lands, what peoples has he visited that are so unreachable to us except in the pages of his incredible books? Now Roland’s strange odyssey continues. The Waste Lands follows The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three as the third volume in what may be the most extraordinary and imaginative cycle of tales in the English language.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781508217473
    Author

    Stephen King

    Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. 

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    • 5/5
      This book is PROBABLY my favorite entry the Dark Tower series, it's full of drama and intrigue.

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    • 5/5
      Amazing fiction. Fascinating characters. Outstanding imagination and ability to illustrate it.
    • 5/5
      Book 3 really picked up my internet from the long first two. Excited to continue.
    • 5/5
      Amazing book, would recommend to any man with a head on his shoulders
    • 5/5
      I love this book! It's probably my second favorite in the series behind Wizard and Glass. This is the book where all the pieces are finally on the board together, and where many of the plotlines that become important later begin to fully take shape. Interesting from beginning to end.
    • 3/5
      I like this one better than the previous two. More things are clarified and I began to understand more of the crazy world they are in. The story also flows much fluidly and we get to see the characters in a deeper light.
    • 5/5
      My God, what not to like. The Dark Tower Series is classic. I can't wait to read the next book. I love these fantasy type stories. The Gunslinger (for me) will go down as a great character in 20th century literature. Read it!
    • 5/5
      I loved this one just as much as the second in the series. Charlie the Choo Choo or Blaine the Mono is a very interesting character. I didn't need a cliffhanger to be so ready to read the next one, but it definitely adds to the feeling. Bring on more!
    • 4/5
      I'm not exactly a stephen king fan, in fact he drags on and in order to actually get in on the "inside" jokes and conversation regarding the Dark Tower series i had to consume this series via audiobook.
      That being said; this is an intriguing tale and this edition of the series is a fantastical and fascinating encumberment of the gang and their extremely personal personas. This particular piece gives each character's mindset and emotional investment the intimate attention required to persuade the reader to care and thus continue the tale.
      Congrats Mr King, you've sucked me in.
    • 5/5
      The more I read the better it gets! On to the next volume.
    • 5/5
      So glad i picked this series up again. Had set it down after the 2nd book, intetest reignited after Dark Tower allusions in reading The Talisman series. Enjoy seeing Roland from a different perspective and finding who the 3rd drawn was. Terribly disappointed in first book when Roland let Jake fall. Hopefully R has redeemed himself..
    • 5/5
      Yaaaaaaaaaaaas!!! What a ride !! This saga keeps on getting better and better
    • 4/5
      The story is great, I’m excited for the next book, hope it is just as good. I know it’s much bigger than this one
    • 5/5
      Pure awesomeness frank muller is the best narrator of all time. I’m so sad he’s gone.
      This is the 5th time reading the dark tower series it gets better every single time.
    • 5/5
      every book in the dark tower series is different than the other .. which I enjoyed so much

      I love the wasteland .. it's remind me so much of the classic sci-fi movies and mystery .. will keep you hooked
    • 5/5
      Finally, The Dark Tower series gets rolling. A very weird and interesting story. The world of Roland becomes ritcher and the characters and their interraction grow in this book.
    • 5/5
      I didn't think I would enjoy this series as much as I have. Great read if you haven't read it.
    • 4/5
      Hear me out! Start the series from this volume and save yourself the disappointment and some time. It's written way better than the last two books and there are recaps of the events from previous books! You don't miss anything?