He and the townsfolk request the ka-tet's assistance in battling against the Wolves of Thunderclap, who come once a generation to take one child from each pair of the town's twins. Soon after, the ka-tet discover that they are being followed by citizens of the farming village of Calla Bryn Sturgis, as well as Father Callahan, who was originally introduced in 'Salem's Lot. If this happens, the rose (and the Dark Tower itself) will be destroyed. Jake and Eddie also discover that Enrico Balazar, the crime boss that appeared in The Drawing of the Three, is attempting to coerce Tower into selling the lot to the mysterious Sombra Corporation. While in todash, Eddie and Jake discover that Tower owns the vacant lot that houses the rose that is the physical manifestation of the Dark Tower previously encountered by Jake in The Waste Lands. There they encounter Calvin Tower, a bookstore owner who gave Jake a book in The Waste Lands that proved integral to the quest for the Dark Tower. During this time, Eddie Dean and Jake Chambers are sent to New York, 1977, via a dream-state called todash. Plot summary Īfter escaping the alternate Topeka and the evil wizard Walter O'Dim and weathering the starkblast, Roland's ka-tet begin to sense they are being followed in their travels. Wolves of the Calla was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 2004. Both excerpts were incorporated in revised form into the full version of the 2003 novel. Prior to the novel's publication, two excerpts were published: 'Calla Bryn Sturgis' was published in 2001 on Stephen King's official site, and 'The Tale of Gray Dick' was published in 2003 in McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales.

The subtitle of this novel is Resistance. The book continues the story of Roland Deschain, Eddie Dean, Susannah Dean, Jake Chambers, and Oy as they make their way toward the Dark Tower. It is the fifth book in his The Dark Tower series. Wolves of the Calla is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King.

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