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Horror · Science fiction

The Drawing of the Three

4.2 out of 5, from 1,288 ratings from Hardcover readers

In Stephen King's Dark Tower series, a lone gunslinger pursues a mysterious man across a ruined world. In this second book, he finds doors on a shore that open into our own world, and the people behind them matter to his quest.

First published
1987
Pace
Medium
Length
Medium
Pages
454
Format
Book 2 of 7 in The Dark Tower

Read this if you like King's weirder side, with western grit, strange doors and characters thrown together.

Skip this if you have not read The Gunslinger, or you dislike graphic violence and drug use.

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Content warnings

  • Violence
  • Death
  • Addiction
  • Gore

Also reported by Hardcover readers:

  • Racism
  • Sexual violence

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