The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

Stephen King

Sep 2004 · The Dark Tower Book 7 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by George Guidall

About this audiobook

Creating "true narrative magic" (The Washington Post) at every revelatory turn, Stephen King surpasses all expectation in the stunning final volume of his seven-part epic masterwork. Entwining stories and worlds from a vast and complex canvas, here is the conclusion readers have long awaited—breathtakingly imaginative, boldly visionary, and wholly entertaining.

Roland Deschain and his ka-tet have journeyed together and apart, scattered far and wide across multilayered worlds of wheres and whens. The destinies of Roland, Susannah, Jake, Father Callahan, Oy, and Eddie are bound in the Dark Tower itself, which now pulls them ever closer to their own endings and beginnings...and into a maelstrom of emotion, violence, and discovery.

Ratings and reviews

It's okay. Not Very good compared to the first 3 in the series. Too many contrived plotlines, like the parts where King puts himself into the story. All of the New York and Maine scenes completely remove the suspension of disbelief. WAY too often it forces you to remember that you're reading a book instead of being told a story. If that makes sense.

I was not a fan of this book and by extension the whole story; seven books basically one objective to get to the Dark Tower and then when it happens you are given a line the "journey is all that matters" .... sorry I would like to get answers as well. "Like what is the Dark Tower, who built it, and how does it run". The book is fantasy but to me it goes a bit too far when all the characters know the are fictional, and King is in the story.

Still my favorite series after all these years. I've read The Dark Tower series several times. And will several more times. The ending always pissed me off though.

About the author

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.