The Waste Lands is the 30th book published by Stephen King; it was his 26th novel, and the 21st under his own name. The book was released by Grant in August of 1991, and is the third volume of the Dark Tower series.

PlotEdit

Following Roland Deschain's journey along the shore of the Western Sea, the gunslinger begins training Susannah Holmes and Eddie Dean as members of his ka-tet while his own mind comes slowly unhinged because of the temporal paradox he caused during his interactions with Jack Mort; in New York City of 1977, Jake Chambers suffers similar psychological deterioration until he discovers a way to reunite with Roland, and the ka-tet is completed with the addition of Oy. The group continues on to Lud, where they confront the Tick-Tock Man before boarding the schizophrenic monorail Blaine.

AllusionsEdit

The third volume of the Dark Tower series is named after the T. S. Eliot poem The Waste Land.

The Dark Tower series
Novels	I (a-b-c-d-e; f) • II • III • IV • IVS • V • VI • VII
Short stories	"Low Men in Yellow Coats" "The Little Sisters of Eluria"
Related works	`Salem's Lot • The Stand • The Eyes of the Dragon • Insomnia
Comics	#1-7 • #8-12 • #13-18 • #19 • #20-25 • #26-30 #31-35 • #36-37 • #38-42 • #43-47 • #48-52 • #53-57
Characters	Roland Deschain • Jake Chambers • Eddie Dean Susannah Holmes • Donald Callahan • Walter o'Dim