Originally published in 2004 as a
Limited Edition by Donald M. Grant, Publisher
Mass Market Hardcover by Grant,
distributed by Scribner 2004
6/04 Audio Book, Simon & Schuster
4/05 Trade Paperback, Scribner
5/05 Mass Market Paperback, Pocket
Song of Susannah
From The Flap:
The next-to-last novel in Stephen King's seven-volume magnum
opus, Song of Susannah is at once a book of revelation, a
fascinating key to the unfolding mystery of the Dark Tower, and
a fast-paced story of double-barreled suspense. To give birth to
her "chap," demon-mother Mia has usurped the body of Susannah
Dean and used the power of Black Thirteen to transport to New
York City in the summer of 1999. The city is strange to Susannah
. . . and terrifying to the "daughter of none" who shares her
body and mind. Saving the Tower depends not only on rescuing
Susannah but also on securing the vacant lot Calvin Tower owns
before he loses it to the Sombra Corporation. Enlisting the aid
of Manni senders, the remaining ka-tet climbs to the Doorway
Cave . . . and discovers that magic has its own mind. It falls
to the boy, the billy bumbler, and the fallen priest to find
Susannah-Mia, who in a struggle to cope -- with each other and
with an alien environment -- "go todash" to Castle Discordia on
the border of End-World. In that forsaken place, Mia reveals her
origins, her purpose, and her fierce desire to mother whatever
creature the two of them have carried to term. Eddie and Roland,
meanwhile, tumble into western Maine in the summer of 1977, a
world that should be idyllic but isn't. For one thing, it is
real, and the bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited
by the author of a novel called 'Salem's Lot, awriter who turns
out to be as shocked by them as they are by him. These are the
simple vectors of a story rich in complexity and conflict. Its
dual climaxes, one at the entrance to a deadly dining
establishment and the other appended to the pages of a writer's
journal, will leave readers gasping for the saga's final volume
(which, Dear Reader, follows soon, say thankya).
Synopsis:
Susannah, now pregnant, has yet another taking control of her.
The demon-mother, Mia, uses Susannah and Black Thirteen to
transport to New York City of 1999. Jake, Oy, and Pere Callahan
must rescue Susannah while Eddie and Roland transport to the
Maine of 1977. A vacant lot in New York is the prize that must
be saved and ties these together.
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