The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)
by Stephen King
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Author: Stephen KingEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08
ISBN: 0451210859
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Signet
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Book Review: Awsome book
Summary: 5 Stars
The book starts where The Gunslinger left off with Roland on the beach thinking about what the man in black said. Soon Roland starts along the beach but is met with a lobster like creature you cuts off a couple of his fingers. After this he stays away from the water and is more careful on hi journey to find the three people. The first of these people is Eddie Dean who comes from New York and is "The Prisoner", which he is a prisoner of heroin. When Roland first enters Eddie's mind he his on a plane, or sky carriage as Roland knows it. Eddie is carrying drugs with him and when it comes time to get off the plane he freaks out, so Roland makes himself known and helps Eddie out. While Eddie goes through customs Roland says he can stash the cocaine with him in his world. After Eddie clears customs he tells Roland that he has to go to Balazar, the guy who Eddie is selling the cocaine to.
Eddie is taken to Balazar by a couple of guys, Col Vincent and Jack Andolini. Once at Balazar's Eddie made sure the deal was still on that he would give Balazar the cocaine and return he would give him back his brother Henry. After Eddie made sure the deal was the same he asked if he could go to the bathroom, but Balazar said if only Jack would go with just to make sure. So while in the bathroom Eddie, with the help of Roland, got rid of Jack and also thought of a plan to get Eddie out of his situation alive. The plan was that Roland would go back with Eddie and help out. When they got back Balazar was mad and thus begun a shoot out where the end result was basically everyone dead except Roland and Eddie. Roland told Eddie that they had to go back to his world after what happened.
Once back in Roland's world both of them slept and then continued on the journey for the other two and of course the Dark Tower. In the time that Eddie and Roland continued on the beach they both shared stories about their lives. Also they had to make sure not to get eaten by the lobster like creatures that came up from the sea at night. Roland explained to Eddie they were now known as a ka, or two or more people who share the same destiny. After what seemed like weeks, well more like months they came upon the second door and just like Eddies door there was something written on it only this time it said "The Lady of Shadows".
Behind this door were Odetta Holmes and Detta Walker who are one in the same person, well more like a person with two personalities. Odetta Holmes was the nice and refined personality of the two. Detta Walker was the rougher one who you would hope was on your side in a fight. When Roland said he was going to go through the door Eddie said he would kill him. So Roland went though and got Odetta/Detta and when they returned Eddie was hovering over Roland's body with a knife at his throat. After a while Odetta asked where she was and why so Eddie calmly explained it to her as best as he could. After which Odetta thought she was in a coma and that she was just dreaming. But Eddie told her she wasn't and she should give it a shot and not give up.
That night Detta walker decided to show up and instead of Odetta waking up it was her. So for a couple days Eddie and Roland had to put up with Detta Walker. So they moved on with Detta Walker tied down to the wheelchair just to make sure she didn't attempt to kill them while they slept. As they progressed along the beach Odetta and Detta would switch places. The going was easier with Odetta then with Detta who would try and topple the wheel chair. They came to the end of the seaside beach after a couple of weeks. After a short while Roland's condition became worse and worse so told Eddie to go on and find the third door then come back to get him. And along the way Odetta and Eddie fell in love. So after Eddie and Odetta found the third door Eddie went back to get Roland so he could go through it.
When Eddie and Roland got back to where Odetta had been she was now gone along with the gun Eddie left her with. And so Roland prepared to go through the third door which was inscribed with the words "The Pusher" on it. So Roland went through the door and entered the mind of Jack Mort, who just so happens to be the person who caused Jake to die and be sent to Roland's world. And while Roland was in Jack's mind he saved Jake from being killed by him. Roland also "picked" at Jack's mind and found out where he could get more medicine and bullets for his guns.
Back in Roland's world Eddie was keeping a sharp eye out for Detta Walker because she wanted to kill him. Soon Detta snuck up on Eddie and then tied him up and was planning on using him as bait to get a lobster like creatures. Now back to Roland who while that was going on went to a drugstore to get the medicine he needed. Afterwards was being chased down by the police for holding up the drugstore to get the medicine he needed. When Roland was about to have Jack jump off a building he told Eddie to have Detta look through the doorway. When she did she saw Odetta looking back at her and Odetta saw Detta looking back at her.
After Odetta and Detta saw each other they had a struggle of wills so to speak which neither was victorious but they found an equal state between them. Now she was Susannah Dean, the wife of Eddie who was a mix of Odetta and Detta. So they went on their way in search for the third person on their quest for the dark tower.
Summary of The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)
After his confrontation with the man in black at the end of The Gunslinger, Roland awakes to find three doors on the beach of Mid-World's Western Sea?each leading to New York City but at three different moments in time. Through these doors, Roland must "draw" three figures crucial to his quest for the Dark Tower. In 1987, he finds Eddie Dean, The Prisoner, a heroin addict. In 1964, he meets Odetta Holmes, the Lady of Shadows, a young African-American heiress who lost her lower legs in a subway accident and gained a second personality that rages within her. And in 1977, he encounters Jack mort, Death, a pusher responsible for cruelties beyond imagining. Has Roland found new companions to form the ka-tet of his quest? Or has he unleashed something else entirely?
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