The Drawing of the Three is the second of seven volumes in the Dark Tower series of novels written by Stephen King and published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1987. The series was inspired by Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning. The story is a continuation of The Gunslinger and follows Roland of Gilead and his quest towards the Dark Tower. The subtitle of this novel is RENEWAL.
The book begins less than seven hours af...
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The Drawing of the Three is the second of seven volumes in the Dark Tower series of novels written by Stephen King and published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1987. The series was inspired by Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning. The story is a continuation of The Gunslinger and follows Roland of Gilead and his quest towards the Dark Tower. The subtitle of this novel is RENEWAL.
The book begins less than seven hours after the end of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger after The Man in Black has described The Gunslinger's fate using tarot cards. Roland wakes up from unconsciousness on a beach where he is suddenly attacked by a strange lobster-like creature, dubbed a "lobstrosity." He manages to kill the creature but not before losing the index and middle finger of his right hand, and most of his right big toe. This complicates matters as he's reduced to only using one weapon. His untreated wounds become infected. Feverish and losing strength, Roland continues to...
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