My Bookshelf- The Dark Tower; The Gunslinger By Stephen King

I have put off reading any of Stephen King's epic novel's purely because i've never been interested in the SciFi/Fantasy genre. After watching a few film adaptaitions of his i decided to start my journey to The Dark Tower.


The first book in the series 'The Gunslinger' follows Roland Browning the last gunslinger left in 'The Old West', in a world parallel to our own. The story begins with the sentence, "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." The man in black being the gunslingers adversary. The protagonist meets many key characters in this book and builds many relationships that you yourslef are involved in. The book, being the first in the series focusing on the introduction of the gunslinger, casting back to his youth and building the foundation of the whole series. Being the opening book, the story doesnt explain everything and leaves you immediatly craving second "The Drawing of the Three"

With dry, adult humour and an easy reading style I would really urge you to begin the series as its definitly a book to read before you die.