The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel

Stephen King

Apr 2012 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Stephen King

About this audiobook

In his New York Times bestselling The Wind Through the Keyhole, Stephen King returns to the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga to tell a story about gunslinger Roland Deschain in his early days.

The Wind Through the Keyhole is a sparkling contribution to the series that can be placed between Dark Tower IV and Dark Tower V. This Russian doll of a novel, a story within a story within a story, visits Roland and his ka-tet as a ferocious, frigid storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. Roland tells a tale from his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death. Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Book of Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, “The Wind through the Keyhole.” “A person’s never too old for stories,” he says to Bill. “Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them.”

And stories like The Wind Through the Keyhole live for us with Stephen King’s fantastical magic that “creates the kind of fully imagined fictional landscapes a reader can inhabit for days at a stretch” (The Washington Post).

Ratings and reviews

The worst Stephen King book ever. And a bait-and-switch on top of that. 11 hours, but only 3 of those hours have ANYTHING to do with the dark tower or Roland and his ka-tet. The other 8 hours are inexplicably about Roland telling a fairy tale (a boring and extremely rambling and long-winded fairy tale) that has nothing at all to do with any other part of the series. this is the only King book I felt cheated with. the only time I've fast forwarded through an audiobook of King's. so it's not only just nothing to do with mid-world, or the dark tower, or ANY of the series' characters (except for 3 hours at the beginning ), the 8 hour fairy tale is extremely boring. I find it hard to believe King wrote that garbage. I think the other reviewers on here would enjoy reading King's shopping lists. check reviews that are not in Google Books first. this is a rip off and a cheat. King must have written this in a painkiller daze before sobriety. worst King book ever. I'm a huge fan, but not stupid.

All his books are super to read, because of the writer,know matter if I like the subject matter or not! All his storys are super well written! Grade A+ to Stephen King and Family!

should I start with this book or the dark tower series first.big SK fan but not read this series yet

About the author

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His most recent include 11/22/63, Full Dark, No Stars, Under the Dome, Just Past Sunset, and Lisey’s Story. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.