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Wolves of the Calla
by Stephen King
“No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.”
Wolves of the Calla, fifth volume of the Dark Tower series, finds Roland and his companions returning to the path of the Beam and being followed by some people of the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis.
They need the gunslingers' help to face a band of masked riders, called the Wolves, that every generation gallop to town and kidnap half of the children, only to return them some time later, but mentally and physically ruined. Will Roland and his tet defeat these Wolves? And what will they learn from the people of the Calla? And how is this new adventure a plan of the "ka"?
I was so book-hangover after Wizard and Glass and the Wind through the Keyhole, that I read back to back and liked less than previous books, so I took a break from the Dark Tower quest. A one year break. So it was just time to go back to my favorite gunslinger and well... this book did not disappoint! It's literally the perfect book, considering where we are in the Dark Tower journey.
All the action provided by the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis, its peculiar inhabitants and the Wolves, not only is a great stand-alone story that kept me glued to the pages, but it's also an amazing expedient that King used to enrich the path of Roland, Jake, Eddie and Susannah and their quest. I loved the reintroduction of Father Callahan, that readers met in another King's book, and I loved how his complicated and fascinating past blends so well with the main plot of the series.
And besides the "classic" western action that the fight against the Wolves provides, this book gifts us with suspense (is there a mole?), horror (hello vampires and baby demon), fantasy and time travels (definitely my favorite part!) and looots of references to books and general pop culture.
I really really enjoyed this book and I am so glad I picked this series up again.
5 stars and the Dark Tower is so close!
Wolves of the Calla, fifth volume of the Dark Tower series, finds Roland and his companions returning to the path of the Beam and being followed by some people of the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis.
They need the gunslingers' help to face a band of masked riders, called the Wolves, that every generation gallop to town and kidnap half of the children, only to return them some time later, but mentally and physically ruined. Will Roland and his tet defeat these Wolves? And what will they learn from the people of the Calla? And how is this new adventure a plan of the "ka"?
I was so book-hangover after Wizard and Glass and the Wind through the Keyhole, that I read back to back and liked less than previous books, so I took a break from the Dark Tower quest. A one year break. So it was just time to go back to my favorite gunslinger and well... this book did not disappoint! It's literally the perfect book, considering where we are in the Dark Tower journey.
All the action provided by the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis, its peculiar inhabitants and the Wolves, not only is a great stand-alone story that kept me glued to the pages, but it's also an amazing expedient that King used to enrich the path of Roland, Jake, Eddie and Susannah and their quest. I loved the reintroduction of Father Callahan, that readers met in another King's book, and I loved how his complicated and fascinating past blends so well with the main plot of the series.
And besides the "classic" western action that the fight against the Wolves provides, this book gifts us with suspense (is there a mole?), horror (hello vampires and baby demon), fantasy and time travels (definitely my favorite part!) and looots of references to books and general pop culture.
I really really enjoyed this book and I am so glad I picked this series up again.
5 stars and the Dark Tower is so close!