Song of Susannah
The ka-tet splits across worlds and years as Susannah races a dangerous pregnancy toward a cliffhanger fate.
First published 2004 · The Dark Tower
FantasyHorror
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Story
After the Wolves are defeated, Susannah is overtaken by Mia and taken through a magical door into another world and another time. Roland, Eddie, Jake, and Father Callahan split up to chase different goals: finding Susannah, protecting a vital rose-linked place, and staying ahead of forces trying to destroy their quest.
The novel follows several parallel tracks, with characters separated into different whens and wheres. Susannah’s struggle with Mia and the unborn child drives one thread, while Roland and Eddie travel elsewhere in search of answers and resources, and Jake and Callahan pursue their own path toward Susannah and the larger mission.
The book moves quickly but leaves many things unresolved, building toward the series finale. It also turns more openly meta, with Stephen King himself entering the story and the narrative reflecting on writing, creation, and the making of the series itself.
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Details
- Authors
- Stephen King
- First published
- 2004
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Adventure, Westerns, Thriller
- Subjects
- horror fiction · good and evil · heroes · literature · supernatural · dark fantasy · Fantasy fiction · Fiction · epic fiction · adventure fiction · wolves · Roland (Fictitious character) · Fiction, fantasy, epic · Roland (fictitious character : king), fiction · Dark tower (imaginary place), fiction · Roland (Fictitious character : King) · Fiction, fantasy, general · Roland of Gilead (Fictitious character) · Roland (Fictitious character : King) -- Fiction. · Science fiction, fantasy, horror
- ISBN-13
- 9781416521495
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