The Drawing of the Three

Book Two in the Dark Tower series, The Drawing of the Three, begins where The Gunslinger left off. On a beach somewhere, while following the “Man in Black”, Roland Deschain, the last Gunslinger, wakes up, older and wiser, and battling monstrous and fierce creatures that he nicknames “the lobstrosities.”

The lobstrosities bite off his fingers, and the resulting infection slowly starts to kill him from the inside. Only two unopened doors stand between him and his death. Behind these doors, however, are a 23-year-old junkie and a woman with a deadly personality disorder. Dod-a-chuck, dod-a-ched, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

The Drawing of the Three elevates The Gunslinger, out-pacing and out-shining it in many ways. The action scenes are epic, and set the stage for more to come in the series- watch out for the scene when Eddie Dean and Roland battle it out with New York City drug lords.

In true Stephen King fashion, The Drawing of the Three has plenty of moments that will make adrenaline course through your veins like movies or television can never do. And of course, a lot of gore.

The Drawing of the Three is a must-read by most standards, but for Stephen King fans, it's a veritable feast. A great addition to the bookshelves of fantasy lovers.