- Paperback: 736 pages
- Publisher: Scribner Book Company; Reprint edition (21 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743251628
- ISBN-13: 978-0743251624
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.3 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,429,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In Wolves of the Calla, volume five of Stephen King's epic fantasy western The Dark Tower, coincidence has, as Eddie Dean observes, been cancelled. Everything the gunslinger Roland and his companions encounter has taken on symbolic significance. So when they come to Calla Bryn Sturgis, named after the director of The Magnificent Seven, its clear that King will follow the classic western archetype of a small band of heroes defending peaceable homesteaders. Here, the heroes resist masked raiders who abduct one of each pair of twins (and almost all children are twins), only to return them a month later horribly changed.
Father Callahan from King's Salem's Lot is resident in Calla Bryn Sturgis, and has his own tale of vampires, regulators and the secret highways though alternative Americas. Not coincidentally, the evil Glass Black 13 is hidden in his church. Meanwhile Susannah is again sporting a secondary personality, this time Mia, mother to the inhuman child that Susannah does not know she is carrying, while Roland realises their quest has become a race against the arthritis which will soon leave him crippled.
In this enormously ambitious book, King continues to weave together his back catalogue with the pop culture and literature of America itself, noting in his introduction that if you haven't read the previous Dark Tower volumes this isn't the place to begin. It is, though, a hugely entertaining adventure, rich in allusion; a passing aside to Thomas Wolfe might easily be dismissed, yet his title You Can't Go Home Again, encapsulates this entire spellbinding odyssey as well as five words ever will. --Gary S Dalkin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'Classic King, fine characters, compellingly written in a gripping, well-honed plot' Daily Express on Wolves of the Calla 'Superbly energetic, it's King at his best' Mail on Sunday on Wizard and Glass -- Mail on Sunday on Wizard and Glass 'Pulse-poundingly engaging' Sunday Express -- Sunday Express 'Join the quest before it's too late' Independent on Sunday -- Independent on Sunday
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After another extensive break from The Dark Tower Stephen King finally decided that he had let Roland and his companions (and all the readers of course) wait long enough. Wolves of the Calla is the fifth book of the series, and in many ways it feels like the beginning of the end.
This is an extremely well balanced book. King starts out with unresolved threads from the previous books in the bottom of the cauldron, stirs in a new plot line to add volume, and spices it with some interesting, unforeseen complications. For a while it simmers quite nicely, but then he gradually raises the temperature, making you turn the pages faster and faster, and when you run out of pages to read you feel disappointed that it’s over for this time.
What impressed me the most is that despite the long time in between the different installments King has managed to stay true to (and develop) the main characters all the way. Wolves of the Calla also introduces a new, important character that I really enjoyed. Or really, it’s a person cast out from another of his books that has found a new home in the Dark Tower series. I know some people think this kind of recycling is just pure laziness, but in this case it works out very well.
As you would expect, the suspense lies not so much in whether Roland and his companions will succeed in finding a way to reach the tower, but in which plot line(s) will be resolved in this book, and what will carry over to the final two volumes. I felt satisfied even though I was left hanging there desperately holding on to the cliff, which is the perfect way to end a “middle book”. The tower is definitely closer now.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a worthy part of King's greatest work, the fifth book of a seven book saga, it brings us even closer to knowing the mysteries of the Dark Tower. Is the room at the top really empty? Who is the Crimson King? Why are things breaking down?
It continues to weave together all of the worlds Stephen King has created, answering questions that were raised in other novels by him.
This story shows King at his best, creating characters that are 100% believable, creating empathy in the reader, and even stronger emotions. I at least found myself both crying and laughing with this book. As usual King raises new questions and plot-hangers in this book as soon as he answers the questions asked in Wizard and Glass, which makes it a harsh ordeal waiting for the next installment.
It continues to weave together all of the worlds Stephen King has created, answering questions that were raised in other novels by him.
This story shows King at his best, creating characters that are 100% believable, creating empathy in the reader, and even stronger emotions. I at least found myself both crying and laughing with this book. As usual King raises new questions and plot-hangers in this book as soon as he answers the questions asked in Wizard and Glass, which makes it a harsh ordeal waiting for the next installment.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What can I say about this book? More of the same? Yes, and no. King has written a very engaging novel here. He has managed to lead us from the past 4 books, further along the path to the Dark Tower, but whilst he has continued the existing theme, this book, in itself, has a very enthralling sub-plot that made me unable to put it down and that I found very enjoyable to read.
If you are a King fan you will also find that as in some of his other books, there are answers to tie up loose ends from his other stories. This is highly entertaining and also has the added benefit of reviving forgotten memories of his past great works.
If I have one grumble (I won't say fault), it is that he states in his notes in the book that this is the fifth of seven, and I now just can't wait for them to be published.
If you liked the past four of the Dark Tower tales, you will love this.
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Little house on the praire meets the magnificent seven.
This book was very easy to put down and awfully hard to pick up. If you are determined to read it then do yourself a favour and start at page 600. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Richard H
Gripping
I loved this book... but not as much as I loved 'Wizard and Glass' which completely got me back into the world of Roland and his ka-tet after a LONG time out (I didn't even realise... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Clanger
Wolves of Calla
Truly enjoyed by my daughter who is an ardent Stephen King fan. ( My daughter is 26)
Published on 6 May 2010 by Margaret Grady
a bit too long but enjoyable nonetheless
i think he made this book way too long but the actual story around calla was good. loved the integration of pere callahan
Published on 2 Feb 2010 by CLARE MCCANN
A bargain
My daughter was collecting the series, and just needed this book.
Finding it here meant that she didn't have to trawl around charity shops to find a copy at a bargain price.
Finding it here meant that she didn't have to trawl around charity shops to find a copy at a bargain price.
Published on 5 Oct 2009 by Mr. S. Tymms
"We Deal in Lead"
Fans of The Seven Samurai (and its Westernized version The Magnificent Seven) will immediately recognize the opening situation of this book: a small farming village that is... Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2009 by Patrick Shepherd
Dark tower goes from strength to strength!
Anyone buying Wolves of the Calla knows what to expect, after all it is the fifth in the Dark Tower series. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2009 by W. P. WRIDE
Good but long.
Having been turned to the Dark Tower series about a year ago with no former Stephen King experience, I was immediately absorbed by the sheer immersiveness of that first book that... Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2009 by O. Bradford
Wolves of the Calla
And we're back on track! After the massive flashback segment in "Wizard and Glass" the real story of the series begins to drive forward once more, picking up soon after the... Read more
Published on 1 April 2008 by David Brookes
Suspense of plots yet to come
As fantasy worlds go, the parallel earth of the "Dark tower" is unique and refreshing.
The book contains some five minutes of wonderfully written action and some fascinating... Read more
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