The Dark Tower The Gunslinger - bk1 Author:Stephen King This herioc fantasy is set in a world of ominous lanscape and macabre menace that is a dark mirror of our own. A spellbinding tale of good vs. 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 legen... more »d. His pursuit of the man in black, his liason with the sexually ravenous Alice, his friendship with the kid from earth called Jake, are part of the drama that is both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, an alchemy of storytelling sorcery.« less