While they shelter from the starkblast, Roland tells a story about his younger days, when he was sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-changer.Īt the scene of the crime he had tried to comfort a terrified young boy called Bill Streeter by reciting a story from The Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, 'The Wind through the Keyhole'. A story within a story which features both the younger and older gunslinger, it is also a wonderful introduction to The Dark Tower series.Īs Roland Deschain, and his ka-tet leave the Emerald city, a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. 1 Sunday Times bestseller The Wind through the Keyhole is a perfect bridge between the fourth and fifth novels in Stephen King's epic masterpiece. The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba. Unlike the Artist Editions of the DARK TOWER 5, 6 & 7 there is no limitation on who may buy this edition.For readers new to The Dark Tower, The Wind Through the Keyhole is a stand-alone novel, and a wonderful introduction to the series. There is a 5,000 copy Artist Edition signed by Jae Lee and issued in a stamped slipcase. Jae is best known to Stephen King fans as artist for the Dark Tower Graphic Novels, These Limited Editions are embellished with 6 Full-Color and 11 Black & White illustrations by award winning artist Jae Lee. 'Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them.' Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Book of Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, 'The Wind Through The Keyhole.' 'A person's never too old for stories,' he says to Bill. There is only one surviving witness: a brave but terrified boy called Bill Streeter. Here Roland discovers a bloody churn of bootprints, clawed animal tracks and terrible carnage – evidence that the 'skin-man', a shape shifter, is at work. In his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt ridden year following his mother's death, Roland is sent by his father to a ranch to investigate a recent slaughter. As they shelter from the screaming wind and snapping trees, Roland tells them not just one strange tale, but two – and in doing so sheds fascinating light on his own troubled past. We join Roland and his ka-tet as a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam.
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