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The Dark Tower #5
Wolves of the Calla
Roland and his tet have just returned to the path of the Beam when they discover that they are being followed by a group of inexperienced trackers. The trackers are from the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis, and they desperately need the help of gunslingers. Once every generation, a band of masked riders known as the Wolves gallop out of the dark land of Thunderclap to steal one half of all the twins born in the Callas. When the children are returned, they are roont, or mentally and physically ruined. In less than a month, the Wolves will raid again. In exchange for Roland’s aid, Father Callahan—a priest originally from our world—offers to give Roland a powerful but evil seeing sphere, a sinister globe called Black Thirteen which he has hidden below the floorboards of his church. Not only must Roland and his tet discover a way to defeat the invincible Wolves, but they must also return to New York so that they can save our world’s incarnation of the Dark Tower from the machinations of the evil Sombra Corporation.
960 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 4, 2003
About the author
Stephen King
2,136 books901k followersStephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
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August 10, 2025
دلم نمیاد بخاطر ترجمه‌ی افتضاحش از ستاره‌هاش کم کنم.
نویسنده لایق پنج ستاره‌ست!
اون چه گناهی کرده که مترجم اندازه پشمک حالیش نیست؟! (برسد به دست سهیلا اله دوستی!)
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پ.ن: برای اینکه حق مطلب نسبت به ایشون ادا بشه اضافه کنم که تعداد زیادی از مخاطبان ایرانی بخاطر همین ترجمه‌ی زیبا و حرفه‌ای خانم اله دوستی، این مجموعه‌ی فوق‌العاده رو نیمه‌کاره رها کردند!
نویسنده لایق پنج ستاره‌ست!
اون چه گناهی کرده که مترجم اندازه پشمک حالیش نیست؟! (برسد به دست سهیلا اله دوستی!)
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پ.ن: برای اینکه حق مطلب نسبت به ایشون ادا بشه اضافه کنم که تعداد زیادی از مخاطبان ایرانی بخاطر همین ترجمه‌ی زیبا و حرفه‌ای خانم اله دوستی، این مجموعه‌ی فوق‌العاده رو نیمه‌کاره رها کردند!
August 16, 2025
وقتی از ایده اصلی فاصله میگیری و قیمه و ماست و حتی مخلفات دیگر را با هم قاطی میکنی! اگر اراده کنار گذاشتن کتابی که مطلوبم نیست داشتم همان چند ده صفحه اول کنارش میگذاشتم. از ایده اصلی برج تاریکی فاصله گرفته بود. بعد از چند سال وقفه جلد پنجم رو نوشته و به نظرم ناامید کننده. البته درک میکنم کسانی که این جلد برایشان جالب بوده، به دلیل ارجاع های نامهای آشنا از شخصیتهای داستانهای نویسندگان متعدد و کمیکها استفاده کرده. از هری پاتر تا زامبیها و کمیکهای مارول و دی سی. تنها دلیلش نداشتن ایده بوده.
برج تاریکی امضای خاص کنیگ هست و به نظرم فقط جلد اول بهترین بوده. حیف هست که با ادامه‌اش بعد از موفقیت داستان سیصد صفحه‌ای برج تاریکی خراب شد. دو جلد دیگر مانده که فکر نمیکنی فعلا برم سراغشون.
برج تاریکی امضای خاص کنیگ هست و به نظرم فقط جلد اول بهترین بوده. حیف هست که با ادامه‌اش بعد از موفقیت داستان سیصد صفحه‌ای برج تاریکی خراب شد. دو جلد دیگر مانده که فکر نمیکنی فعلا برم سراغشون.
April 2, 2023
«رولند»، «ادی»، «سوزانا»، «جیک» و حیوان سخنگوی آن ها «بیلی-بامبلر»، مأموریت خود را برای جلوگیری از نابودی «برج تاریک» و همچنین نجات تمام دنیاها از آشوب و شرارت های «پادشاه سرخ» ادامه می دهند. «رولند» و همراهانش به شکل موقت از «مسیر پرتو نور» خارج می شوند تا به ساکنین منطقه ای کشاورزنشین کمک کنند
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