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- Wolves of The Calla
(The Dark Tower Book 5)
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- Author: Stephen King
- Reviewer: Judith Woolcock Colombo
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Format: Adult, Fiction, Hardcover, 709 Pages, 2003
- ISBN: 1880418568
- Rating: * * * * Quills
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- Trapped in a world that is often stressful and frightening, most of us choose to escape periodically. I often choose books that transport me far away from this world into magical and mysterious realms. One such realm is that of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series. Here time moves differently, now fast, now slow, or stopping all together. Our four heroes, Roland his companions, Eddie, Susannah and Jake travel not only between different worlds but different whens, trying their best to save all the worlds and reach The Dark Tower.
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- Like all fans of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series, I always look forward to reading his next installment in the series. Wolves of The Calla came out in November 2003, and it didn't disappoint.
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- In Wolves of The Calla, the four gunslingers and their talking pet Oy, a billy-bumbler, are following the Path of the Beam, which leads to The Dark Tower. Led by Father Callahan the residents of Calla Bryn Sturgis, a farm town, seek the help of our heroes in preventing a tragedy from occurring.
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- Father Callahan tells Roland and his group that every 20-odd years the "Wolves" kidnap one child from each set of the Calla's twins and take them Thunderclap. Weeks later the children are returned mentally and physically impaired.
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- While contemplating Callahan's request, the four gunslingers discover that back in 1977 New York City, (the when from which Jake came) Calvin Tower, owner of the bookstore Manhattan Deli of the Mind, is being threatened by two gangsters to sell them a vacant lot in midtown Manhattan. This is the lot in which the Rose grows. This Rose is our world's manifestation of The Dark Tower.
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- With the help of Father Callahan the gunslingers begin to come up with a plan to save the Rose and stop the Wolves forever. However, both plans might fail because one of Susannah's split personalities is surfacing, and the woman that emerges could hold the means to destroy The Dark Tower forever. Those of you who have read the series will know that Susannah comes from New York City in the 60s and when she was a child a racist threw a rock at her, hitting her in the head. This head trauma is the cause her split personalities.
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- Wolves of The Calla is an interesting, well written and exciting book. It is the best of the series so far. Although it is 709 pages long, it is an easy read. You also don't have to have read the others in the series to enjoy the story. King gives back-story at the beginning.
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- I did find it a bit disconcerting that King not only brought himself into the story as an unknown writer, but also one of his creations Father Callahan from his story, Salem's Lot. This, however, did not injure the story, but simply raised the question of why King chose to merge the real world and this fictitious world. What will Roland learn from this? You will have to buy book six to find out. If you have not done so, pick up a copy of this book. It is well worth reading.
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