The Wind Through the Keyhole

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Many of the people holding this book have followed the adventures of Roland and his band-his ka-tet-for years, some of them from the very beginning. Others-and I hope there are many, newcomers and Constant Readers alike-may ask, Can I read and enjoy this story if I haven’t read the other Dark Tower books? My answer is yes, if you keep a few things in mind.

First, Mid-World lies next to our world, and there are many overlaps. In some places there are doorways between the two worlds, and sometimes there are thin places, porous places, where the two worlds actually mingle. Three of Roland’s ka-tet-Eddie, Susannah, and Jake-have been drawn separately from troubled lives in New York into Roland’s Mid-World quest. Their fourth traveling companion, a billy-bumbler named Oy, is a golden-eyed creature native to Mid-World. Mid-World is very old, and falling to ruin, filled with monsters and untrustworthy magic.

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