The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed.
The quote above is, without a doubt, one of my favorite openings from The Gunslinger, book 1 of one of my favorite series of all time!
Synopsis
Frighteningly prescient in its apocalyptic setting and eerily similar to our world, The Gunslinger starts with Roland Deschain of Gilead, the last Gunslinger of the line of the mythic Arthur Eld, whose world is on the cusp of annihilation, and much of the kingdoms within lies in ruin, unless he.
What’s more? Only he can plow through the nightmare left and reach the Dark Tower at the nexus of all whens and all wheres, which seems to be the crux holding our entire infinite multiverse in shape.
So begins the tale of one of my most beloved epic fantasy sagas, which contains elements of dystopian/post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi sprinkled throughout.
Thoughts
The novel is a gripping and mesmerizing story about the travails of a chevalier in a world that has “moved on.”
The Gunslinger is a work of art written in awe-evoking, meticulous prose combined with magical world-building by a masterclass storyteller.
An absolute must-read!
