In the fourth powerful novel in Stephen King's bestselling fantasy quest The Dark Tower beckons Roland the Last Gunslinger & the four companions he has gathered along the road. And having narrowly escaped one world they set out on a terrifying journey across the scarred urban wasteland to brave a new world where hidden dangers lie at every junction: a malevolent computer-run monorail hurtling towards self-destruction Roland's relentlessly cunning old enemy & the temptation of the wizard's diabolical glass ball a powerful force in Roland's first love affair. A tale of long-ago love & adventure involving a beautiful & quixotic woman named Susan Delgado. And the Tower is closer... ...

In this first novel in his epic fantasy masterpiece Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes Roland of Gilead the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure a loner on a spellbinding journey into good & evil in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own. In his first step towards the powerful & mysterious Dark Tower Roland encounters an alluring woman named Alice begins a friendship with Jake a kid from New York & faces an agonising choice between damnation & salvation as he pursues the Man in Black. Both grippingly realistic & eerily dreamlike THE GUNSLINGER leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter. & the Tower is closer... ...

In the second novel of King's bestselling fantasy masterpiece Roland of Gilead the Last Gunslinger encounters three doors which open to 1980s America. Here he joins forces with the defiant Eddie Dean & courageous volatile Odetta Holmes. & confronts deadly serial killer Jack Mort. As the titanic forces gather a savage struggle between underworld evil & otherworldly enemies conspire to bring an end to Roland's quest for the Dark Tower... Masterfully weaving dark fantasy & icy realism THE DRAWING OF THE THREE compulsively propels readers toward the next chapter. & the Tower is closer... ...

In the third novel in Kings epic fantasy masterpiece Roland the Last Gunslinger is moving ever closer to the Dark Tower which haunts his dreams & nightmares. Pursued by the Ageless Stranger he & his friends follow the perilous path to Lud an urban wastel&. & crossing a desert of damnation in this macabre new world revelations begin to unfold about who
- & what
- is driving him forward. A blend of riveting action & powerful drama The Waste Lands leaves readers breathlessly awaiting the next chapter.

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In the fifth novel in King's bestselling epic fantasy series the farming community in the fertile lands of the East has been warned the wolves are coming back. Four gunslingers led by Roland of Gilead are also coming their way. & the farmers of the Calla want to enlist some hard calibers. Torn between protecting the innocent community & his urgent quest Roland faces his most deadly perils as he journey through the Mid-World towards the Dark Tower. ...

The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph & aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. Roland's band of pilgrims remains united though scattered. Susannah-Mia has been carried off to New York to give birth Terrified of what may happen Jake Father Callahan & Oy follow. Roland & Eddie are in Maine looking for the site which will lead them to Susannah. As he finally closes in on the tower Roland's every step is shadowed by a terrible & sinister creation. & finally he realises he may have to walk the last dark strait alone... You've come this far Come a little farther Come all the way The sound you hear may be the slamming of the door behind you. Welcome to The Dark Tower. ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING COTSWOLD MYSTERIES SERIES. Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. A life-long devotee of vitamin pills & herbal remedies it seems almost ironic that he has succumbed to a heart attack. His GP is convinced that this is the case but trainee undertaker Drew Slocombe isnt so sure & he is convinced that there is enough conflicting medical evidence to merit a coroners inquest at least. & then theres Jims personal life: in addition to a long suffering wife two sons & a grieving terrier Jim appears to have left behind a series of scorned mistresses. It seems everyone else is happy enough to accept the doctors verdict & Drew shouldnt really rock the boat but can he really turn his back on murder? Even so Drew may have plenty of suspects but he has no proof. & Jims cremation is days away... ...

Commissario Soneri returns home for a hard-earned autumn holiday hoping to spend a few days mushroom picking on the slopes of Montelupo. This isolated village relies on the salame factory founded in the post-war years by Palmiro Rodolfi & now run by his son Paride. On arrival Soneri is greeted by anxious rumours about the factory's solvency & the younger Rodolfi's whereabouts. Not long afterwards a decomposing body is found in the woods. In the shadow of Montelupo carabinieri prepare to apprehend their chief suspect
- an ageing woodsman who defended the same mountains from S.S. commandos during the war.
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The strange power: Kaitlyn is an artist but not an ordinary one; everything she draws comes true. When she is invited by Dr Xetes a scientist who is studying psychic abilities to join his school of talented individuals" in California Kaitlyn is only too happy to go. There she meets Rob a healer & Gabriel a dark lone wolf who apparently wants nothing to do with her. But with so much supernatural energy going around its hardly surprising that the psychics soon develop a telepathic link that cant be broken. The Possessed: Having learned the dark secrets of the psychic institute Kaitlyn & her new friends are on the run not even daring to contact their parents or old friends. As the group hide-out together they grow closer & Kaitlyn finally discovers Gabriels dark secret: hes a psychic vampire. In order to survive he needs to drain other peoples life-force but hes been holding back to keep others safe. Kaitlyn offers herself as a source
- & finds the experience not entirely un-enjoyable. The Passion: Back at the lab captured like animals Kaitlyn & her friends are still in danger from the evil Dr Xetes. To escape they will need to face the true meaning of what their psychic link really means. But Kaitlyn is battling with an internal conflict too: Rob or Gabriel? Sunlight or darkness? Shell need to search her heart for the answer."
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