Roland Deschain’s ka-tet arrives at a crossroad where the mythic quest for the Dark Tower intersects with a visceral, localized tragedy. In the farming community of Calla Bryn Sturgis, the residents live under the shadow of a cyclical horror: once every generation, masked riders known as the Wolves emerge from the darkness of Thunderclap to "harvest" the town’s children. These raiders specifically target one child from every set of twins, returning them weeks later as "roont" husks—physically giant, intellectually diminished, and destined for a short, painful life. The town’s plea for protection forces the gunslingers into a moral stalemate: do they fulfill their ancient oath to protect the innocent, or do they maintain their focus on the Tower, the collapse of which would render all local...

Roland Deschain’s ka-tet arrives at a crossroad where the mythic quest for the Dark Tower intersects with a visceral, localized tragedy. In the farming community of Calla Bryn Sturgis, the residents live under the shadow of a cyclical horror: once every generation, masked riders known as the Wolves emerge from the darkness of Thunderclap to "harvest" the town’s children. These raiders specifically target one child from every set of twins, returning them weeks later as "roont" husks—physically giant, intellectually diminished, and destined for a short, painful life. The town’s plea for protection forces the gunslingers into a moral stalemate: do they fulfill their ancient oath to protect the innocent, or do they maintain their focus on the Tower, the collapse of which would render all local...