The Gunslinger

Since the publication of THE GUNSLINGER in an exclusive limited edition, this extraordinary novel has gained near-legendary renown. Now finally, this Plume edition, complete with the Michael Whelan illustrations, brings the work to the author's millions of fans. This heroic fantasy is set in a world of ominous landscape and macabre menace that is a dark mirror of our own. A spellbinding tale of good versus evil, it features one of Stephen King’s most powerful creations—The Gunslinger, a haunting figure who embodies the qualities of the lone hero through the ages, from ancient myth to frontier western legend. His pursuit of The Man in Black, his liaison with the sexually ravenous Alice, his friendship with the kid from Earth called Jake, are part of a drama that is both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, an alchemy of storytelling sorcery. Complete in itself, THE GUNSLINGER is the first novel in an epic series, THE DARK TOWER, that promises to be Stephen King's crowning achievement. (back cover) LCCN: 88009938 Librarian's note: This edition was later reprinted for a "Book Club," with the same cover art, using the same ISBN and having the same number of pages. Both editions are near identical. The Trade Paperback Edition has a textured front cover and pink lettering on the side binding with the price of the book and the bar code on the back cover. The Book Club edition has a non-textured front cover and red lettering on the side binding with no price or bar code on the back cover. ~