title: Stephen King's Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Journey Begins
author: Stephen King
description: Peter David is a prolific author whose career, and continued popularity, spans nearly two decades. He has worked in every conceivable media: Television (<st1:city u1:st="on">Babylon</st1:city> 5), film (Trancers), books (Star Trek: New Frontier series), and comic books (Incredible Hulk, X-Factor, <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:placename u1:st="on">Dark</st1:placename> <st1:placetype u1:st="on">Tower</st1:placetype></st1:place>).
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  PRAISE FOR STEPHEN KING’S
  
  
  
  
  
  SONG OF SUSANNAH  
  
  
  THE DARK TOWER VI
  
  
  
  
  
  “The Dark Tower series is King’s masterpiece.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville)
  
  
  
  
  
  “Equal parts Western, high fantasy, horror, and science fiction, the series is
  one of the wildest pastiches ever put between covers. All through the series
  there are references and tips of the hat to iconic works of pop culture,
  including J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, films like The Seven
  Samurai or the spaghetti Westerns popularized by Clint Eastwood, and even L.
  Frank Baum’s Oz books. . . . King brilliantly juggles all the plot elements.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —The Denver Post
  
  
  
  
  
  “The suspense master takes readers right over the edge.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Bangor Daily News
  
  
  
  
  
  “An archetypal quest fantasy distinguished by its uniquely Western flavor, its
  emotional complexity and its sheer imaginative reach . . . brilliantly
  rendered . . . King holds it all together through sheer narrative muscle