The ABC’s Of Stephen King : Ka

Okay, I know. Technically, Ka isn’t a real character. I know, I’m kind of cheating a little bit but hey, it’s my theme so maybe you should just back off a little, kay?

Too much?

Anyway, as I have suggested in more than a few places throughout this blog, I’m a pretty big Dark Tower fan. I have been for a long time and for me, it sits like the bright, shining gem at the center of the Stephen King universe. And Ka is one of the central forces behind this entire series, so much that I think you could almost start thinking of it as a character unto itself. There are times that I feel like the timing and the tragedy of the Dark Tower is nearly Shakespearean in nature. Think of all the events which had to transpire in order for Roland to end up on the path he does and the same goes for all of the other characters who are drawn to him or are a part of the story in some other way.

So much fate and chance that was required in order for the events of the series to fall in line the way they did. Was there a higher force at work, pulling the strings and gently guiding all of these heroes towards each other? How is it possible that so much could have happened to allow this greater narrative to be possible? How is it that King ended up being exactly the right writer to tell this kind of a story and how many events in his life had to happen in order for these books to happen?

Is it fate?

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