The Waste Lands

Executive Summary: Roland and his ka-tet continue their journey to the dark tower. The drawing is not quite done after all, and Mr. King ramps up the awesomeness another notch in this third installment of the Dark Tower series.Full ReviewBlaine is a pain, and that's the truth. I wrote a great review. You never wrote a review!Just what is madness? This book sure sets out to find out. Paradoxes and insane artificial intelligence. Plus a dying city where two factions have been fighting each other so long they forgot why they were fighting in the first place. What else could you want? How about a giant cyborb bear and demon houses?If you've made it this far in Roland's journey you're rewarded with some of the best sequences of the Dark Tower series. It picks up right where [b:The Drawing of the Three 5094 The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2) Stephen King http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1309281704s/5094.jpg 2113248] left off, with Eddie and Susannah learning to shoot and adapt to Roland's strange world. Then suddenly the world shakes and all hell breaks loose. The ka-tet finds the path of the beam, and the way forward is again clear.All the while Roland is fighting off madness as two separate timelines of his own making argue their reality inside his head. Which one is true? Well both of course.But where will the beam lead? To the fallen city of Lud, and a crazy train named Blaine. Just who were the old ones, what is left of the technology built, and what happened to all of them? Roland's ka-tet must deal with the aftermath of their achievements.Will they manage to survive the Wastelands? This book ends with one of the worst cliffhangers of any I have ever read. Thankfully when I first read this book, [b:Wizard and Glass 5096 Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, #4) Stephen King http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327946510s/5096.jpg 750558] was already out, so I didn't have to wait for my answer.Long days and pleasant nights, and always remember “All things serve the beam”