title: A Drop of Patience: A Novel (Dark Tower Series)
author:  William Melvin Kelley 
description: Kelley here offers the story of Ludlow Washington, a blind African American orphan who grows into a renowned jazz musician. Physically unable to distinguish the difference between black and white, he nonetheless learns the meaning of racism. LJ's reviewer commented that Kelley's "stylistic triumph is that he makes it considerably more than a story about jazz, Negroes, and the fringe of society. On any level, this is quite an achievement" (LJ 3/15/65). nonfiction<BR>Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Dear Reader,  
    
  
  If you’ve been reading the 43 LIGHT STREET books, you probably remember
  _Nowhere Man,_ in which Hunter Kelley was being trained for a dangerous
  mission at a secure research facility. The place was run by a group of
  hardbitten men who trusted no one and took no prisoners. They were quite a
  formidable bunch. In fact, they were the bad guys in _Nowhere Man._  
    
  
  In _Midnight Caller_ I’ve brought together a similar cast of characters—only,
  this time, ironically, they’re the good guys, defending a place called Castle
  Phoenix, which is under siege from a man who will stop at nothing to sabotage
  their mission.  
    
  
  Their leader is Glenn Bridgman, a physician and former army officer trying
  desperately to atone for a mistake he made in the past. All his energy and all
  his time are focused on a life-or-death research project—until a beautiful
  woman named Meg Faulkner invades his armed camp. From the moment he and Meg
  lay eyes on each other, they’re overwhelmed by powerful e