In a storytelling tour de force, Stephen King explores an uncharted corner of the Dark Tower universe - and the early days of the gunslinger Roland - with the twice-told tale of a murderous shape-shifter, a "skin-man" who inspired fear and wonder, fantasies and bedtime stories, and one boy's savagely real nightmares.
"DAZZLING.... KING TAKES THE READER DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE.... A PERFECT STORM OF EVERYTHING HE DOES WELL."
- USA TODAY
"THE MASTER'S RETURN TO A SERIES FANS HAVE LOVED.... KING AT HIS MOST BEGUILING AND MOST LITERARILY DISTINGUISHED."
- BOOKLIST
"A PLEASURE AND A SURPRISE.... KING CREATE THE KIND OF FULLY IMAGINED FICTIONAL LANDSCAPES THAT READERS CAN INHABIT FOR DAYS AT A STRETCH."
- THE WASHINGTON POST