The Drawing of the Three
This is the second of King’s Dark Tower Fantasy sequence. After the very odd first book this was actually a lot of fun to read.
Roland of Gilead is a Gunslinger – a knight equivalent in a post technological world. In this story he has recently caught up with The Man In Black on the western shoreline of his world, a man he has been chasing for around twenty years. Exhausted from the confrontation with his foe he is caught unawares by hideous giant lobster-like creatures who rob him of the first two fingers on his right hand and inflict many other injuries. His wounds become infected as he heads along the never-ending beach, and his ammunition is limited after becoming wet. Barely able to continue he comes upon a door. The door is the first of three prophesized by The Man In Black. The door is into the mind (and world) of a man in 1986. To go much further into the plot would thoroughly spoil things.
I enjoyed Roland’s interaction with 20th Century New York and the people he interacts with beyond the doors.
It is a book that I wanted to keep reading and that easily kept my attention (which has been wandering terribly of late). It promises that the rest of the series will be very interesting indeed and I’ll read the rest of the books.
At least I know they’re all written… (Not looking at Robert Jordan at all, not at all)
If you like fantasy you’ll probably like this a lot. Especially if you like fantasy worlds interacting with the real world.
Rating: B