A destructive, natural occurrence known as a starkblast that instantly freezes everything in its path is bearing down on them-Roland and Jake along with Oy nearly get leveled when the billy-bumbler becomes transfixed by the imminent force. On the way to the Outer Baronies, Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Oy are seeking shelter in an abandoned town hall from an approaching storm. Join us in the comments for a discussion of Part I of The Wind Through the Keyhole: Starkblast – The Skin-Man (Part 1)! Make sure to bookmark the HQ page for the schedule and links to all of the chapter discussions as they go live! This week, we begin The Wind Through the Keyhole with a major storm and the beginning of another of Roland's stories. ET) to discuss major themes, motifs, and reactions. This is a shorter book with only five sections, so the plan is to split the book into three parts (about 100 pages each) and meet here at our usual time (Tuesday at 12 p.m. *Remember: While this is a reread, please avoid spoilers in the comments.

For that reason, we have decided to continue Roland’s adventures in sequential order since Stephen King calls it The Dark Tower 4.5.Ĭome join us … before the world moves on. The Wind Through The Keyhole was written to chronologically follow Wizard and Glass even though it was released in 2012, long after the 7th novel, The Dark Tower (2004). Roland just misses killing Flagg but managed to gun down Andrew Quick, aka Tick-Tock Man, who was working for Flagg. His newest ka-tet-Jake, Susannah, Eddie, and Oy-are following The Path of the Beam when they encounter Marten, now calling himself Randall Flagg, in a twisted version of Emerald City. In Wizard and Glass, we discovered that Roland had accidentally killed his mother and returned a crystal ball from Maerlyn’s Rainbow to his father. This week, we begin The Wind Through the Keyhole with a major storm and the beginning of another of Roland's stories! Last week, we ended Wizard and Glass in a makeshift Emerald City before Maerlyn's Rainbow trainsported them back onto The Path of the Beam.

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