DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER HC (2025)

"Enter once more the world of Roland Deschain and the world of the Dark Tower. Bringing the dramatic history of Roland into chronological order-as originally published in the modern classic novels The Gunslinger and Wizard and Glass, The Gunslinger Born begins a unforgettable tale with a reckless act of courage that gains Roland his first set of guns and earns him and his friends, Cuthbert Allgood and Alain Johns, a special mission to the town of Hambry, not only for their personal safety but on behalf of the Affiliation, an alliance resisting the ruinous advance of 'the Good Man,' a monster named John Farson. But the expedition will quickly become Roland's first experience of the evil forces that he will encounter again and again throughout his life, and in a myriad of guises."

"Taking place directly following the shocking events seen in The Gunslinger Born, Roland along with Cuthbert Allgood and Alain Johns must flee for their lives from the town of Hambry, with a murderous posse close behind and the road ahead to Gilead and home fraught with peril. But Roland cannot resist the lure of their stolen prize - the enchanted seeing sphere nicknamed 'Maerlyn's Grapefruit' - and finds his consciousness trapped inside this mystical orb, where many important secrets lie in wait, their revelations heralding death or worse. And while Roland's ka-tet is absorbed in its own drama, something is emerging from the desolate place known as the Dogan, as a long-slumbering spirit that portends great evil has awakened once more."

"Roland Deschain of Gilead and his ka-tet of Cuthbert Allgood and Alain Johns may have finally returned home, but all is not well in the crown jewel of Mid-World. Roland has voluntarily kept the stolen evil seeing sphere nicknamed 'Maerlyn's Grapefruit,' lost in his obsession with peering into its pinkish depths, despite the devastating toll it takes on his health, and what the young gunslinger sees within the glass heralds the darkest of nightmares. Meanwhile, all around him, danger lurks in every form, as the shocking and horrific machinations of Gilead's sworn enemy, 'the Good Man' John Farson, threatens all Roland holds dear and in ways he could never imagine, the cruel hand of fate about to push him inexorably closer along the path to the Dark Tower."

"The evil deceptions woven by the merciless, mesmerizing power of the mystical seeing sphere known as 'Maerlyn's Grapefruit' warped Roland Deschain of Gilead's sense of reality, causing him to unintentionally commit a shocking and unforgivable crime-one that may surely earn him a swift journey to the gallows. But what has happened to Roland is only a taste of the bitter fate for all of Mid-World's noblest defenders, as the violent insanity and destructive scheming of the monstrous 'Good Man' John Farson and the inhuman Marten Broadcloak finally culminate in an all-out assault on the city of Gilead itself."

"It has been nine years since the fall of Gilead, and the handful of survivors - proud young gunslingers led by Roland Deschain - have been flushed out beyond their homeland's boundaries, where they can only watch as time continues to take its toll. For time is now a cruel instrument of violence ruled by 'the Good Man' John Farson and his monstrous followers, who are making their move to dominate all of Mid-World itself. But despite the forces of the Affiliation having long been broken apart, there is still rebellion left in the heart of Roland and his ka-tet. With treachery abounding all around him and the odds overwhelmingly against him, it is time for Roland to make his last stand for all that is good and face John Farson and his corruption of Mid-World head-on-even if he dies trying."

"In the graphic novel series adaptation Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, creatively overseen by Stephen King himself, the full story of Roland's troubled past and ongoing saga is revealed. The barony of Gilead has finally fallen to the forces of the evil John Farson, and the surviving young gunslingers were massacred at the decisive Battle of Jericho Hill. But one has risen from the ashes: Roland Deschain. Now as the last of the gunslingers, Roland sets out in search of the mysterious Dark Tower, the one place where he can set the events of his out-of-sync world right again. Along the way, Roland will battle forces from his worst nightmares as he trails the elusive Man in Black, the inhuman sorcerer who holds the key to Roland's desperate search. "