# The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger - Hardcover

by **Stephen King** (Author)

**"An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King's greatest literary achievement" (_The Atlanta Journal-Constitution_), _The Gunslinger_ is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series.**

A #1 national bestseller, _The Gunslinger_ introduces readers to one of Stephen King's most powerful creations, Roland of Gilead: The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which mirrors our own in frightening ways, Roland tracks The Man in Black, encounters an enticing woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the boy from New York named Jake.

Inspired in part by the Robert Browning narrative poem, "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came," _The Gunslinger_ is "a compelling whirlpool of a story that draws one irretrievable to its center" (_Milwaukee Sentinel_). It is "brilliant and fresh...and will leave you panting for more" (_Booklist_).

### Author Biography

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes _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.

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN

**Publication Date:** July 11, 2017

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Gunslinger

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 5.3

**Point Value:** 8

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