Gwendy's Final Task (The Button Box #3)

by Stephen King

People are turning away from women’s rights, from science, from the very notion of equality. They’re turning away from truth. Somebody needs to stand up and make them look at all the stuff it’s easier not to believe in.

When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.’”

“Tell me,” Reggie says, smiling. “Was the box also responsible for 9/11?” Gwendy suddenly feels very tired. “I don’t know. Probably not. People don’t need a button box to do horrible things. There’s plenty of evil fuckery in the human spirit.”

“There are twelve worlds,” Bobby says. “Six beams, twelve worlds, one at each end of each beam. And in the center is the Tower. We call it Black Thirteen.” “Who is we?” “The taheen.” This means nothing to Gwendy. “The beams hold the worlds and the Tower powers the beams,” Bobby says in a lecturely tone. “Only one thing can destroy it, now that the Crimson King is dead.”