The Man in Black flees across the desert with the gunsliinger Roland in close pursuit. But is it an illusion? When last we saw Roland, he was following the Man in Black's path to find the Dark Tower and set Mid-World right. Along the trail, Roland came to Tull, a sleepy little town in the middle of the desert where the Man in Black's sinister power had taken hold. Barely escaping with his life and leaving a pile of bodies in his wake, Roland has arrived at the Way Station. There, he meets Jake Chambers. Who is this sophisticated boy and what is his connection to the world outside Mid-World?

Volume numbering supplied by cataloger. Based on "The dark tower" series of novels by Stephen King. "Contains material originally published in magazine form as Dark tower: the gunslinger, the way station, #1-5"--T.p. verso.