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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  **THE GUNSLINGER**
  
  (Darktower 1)
  
  **STEPHEN KING**
  
  TO
  
   **ED FERMAN**
  
  who took a chance on these stories, one by one.
  
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  **THE GUNSLINGER**
  
  The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. The
  desert was the apotheosis of all deserts, huge, standing to the sky for what
  might have been parsecs in all directions. White; blinding; waterless; without
  feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched
  themselves on the horizon and the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams,
  nightmares, death. An occasional tombstone sign pointed the way, for once the
  drifted track that cut its way through the thick crust of alkali had been a
  highway and coaches had followed it. The world had moved on since then