The Dark Tower
core novel 2004 The Dark Tower
Record
| First published | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.29 (195,472 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 1050 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781880418628 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
In the seventh and final main volume of Stephen King's series, Roland Deschain presses on with his surviving companions toward the Dark Tower itself, the goal that has driven his lifelong quest. Set after the events of Song of Susannah, the novel follows the group as they confront the last obstacles standing between them and the object at the center of all worlds, while the forces of the Crimson King continue to work against them. Long-running threads from earlier in the series, including Roland's connection to the writer Stephen King and the fate of his scattered companions, converge as the company nears its destination. The book closes out the central storyline that began with Roland's pursuit of the man in black across the Mohaine Desert.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Dark Tower
- Series: The Dark Tower core; position 7 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Stephen King
Awards (verified)
- British Fantasy Award (Best Novel (August Derleth Award)), 2005: won; Corroborated by two independent sfadb pages (author-specific and full-category); the awarding body's own site could not be reached to fetch this specific year directly.
- Bram Stoker Award (Best Novel (nominee)), 2004: nominated; Confirmed via thebramstokerawards.com's own nominee list for Stephen King.
Notes
- From the series record (The Dark Tower): A dark fantasy/Western/horror/science-fiction blend, admitted as fantasy per critical/marketing consensus, the same transparency pattern applied to Dragonriders of Pern, The Book of the New Sun, and The Locked Tomb. The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012) is an interstitial 'Dark Tower IV.5' set between Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla -- registered Core (not Expanded) since King himself numbers it as part of the 8-book main sequence, unlike ACOTAR's interstitial novella.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Dark Tower: position 7 of 8: previous Song of Susannah (2004) · next The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
- Internal chronology, within The Dark Tower: position 8 of 8: previous Song of Susannah (2004)
Sources
- Wikipedia - The Dark Tower (series)
- StephenKing.com - The Dark Tower
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(novel)
- sfadb - British Fantasy Awards 2005
- sfadb - Stephen King Awards
- The Bram Stoker Awards - Stephen King
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