Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower – The Gunslinger” includes Roland Deshayn, or Roland of Gillead walking the desert chasing the "Man in Black". The "Man in Black" or Walter is an evil mage. They are in a place/time that has "Moved On", which seems to mean that a great war against Gillead has destroyed a very modern planet, leaving only desert wastelands and very few survivors. This book details his journey as he crosses the wastelands, finding out the details of the war, his past, and the current survivors.

Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books. In the late 1970s, Stephen began what became a series of interconnected stories about a lone gunslinger, Roland, who pursues the "Man in Black" in an alternate-reality universe that is a cross between J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and the American Wild West. Stephen King also wrote the bestsellers; “The Shining”, “Cujo”, “Pet Semetary”, and “IT” (one of my favorites).

As Roland chases down The Man In Black, He comes across many spirits, survivors, and obstacles in his journey. He comes across a trap consisting of a town with

When Roland is strolling through Tull, the town that the Man In Black laid his trap in. He was asked many unusual questions by the people who lived there. To which all, he answered naively to, led to him nearly dying in town. The questions consisted of “How are you leaving?, When do you usually wake up in the morning?, What are you allergic to?”. When he meets Jake, he hypnotizes Jake to learn about Jake’s death from his home world, since Roland knows that Jake isn’t from Gillead. After witnessing Jake’s death, he has Jake forget about it as some things are just better not