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內容簡介 史蒂芬‧金用生命寫成的巨著！奇幻迷窮畢生之力必須挑戰的顛峰！它是輛可怕的瘋狂火車。別問它蠢問題，它不玩笨遊戲，共業的夥伴快拋出困難的謎語，否則黑塔之旅將永遠無法到站……『扣人心弦、引人入勝！……史蒂芬．金迷住了讀者的心！』──芝加哥太陽時報『史蒂芬金有一種魔力，是任何作家都希望擁有的魔力，那就是小說即使只有一個場景、兩個人，依然能夠讓讀者覺得有趣。他花了三十三年完成的七大冊奇幻巨作《黑塔》，我只慶幸自己不用寫信央求他在我死前透露結局給我，並保證帶著這個秘密進入墳墓。光是『史蒂芬金』、『三十三年』、『奇幻巨作』三個關鍵詞，就足夠讓我暫時只專心想著該怎麼偷時間來享受這套書。』 ──推理作家／冷言『史蒂芬金的〈麗泰海華絲與蕭山克監獄的救贖〉令我熱淚盈眶；其中的主角銀行家安迪可能是所有短篇小說中最令人難忘的人物之一，由此可見史蒂芬金塑造角色之功力。』──小說家．2007曼氏亞洲文學獎入圍／伊格言『我敬仰史蒂芬‧金在創作上的多產和多樣化，這反映了他的天份和熱情。《黑塔》這套作品，更是史蒂芬‧金近年野心之作！集奇幻和歷險於一身，史蒂芬‧金迷不容錯過！』──名作家／深雪『史蒂芬．金是當今地球上最會講故事的人。看故事，就從《黑塔》開始吧。──名作家／張國立『我完全摸不清這個故事會朝什麼方向發展，到處都是謎團，可是我卻因此覺得興奮不已，因為這才是真正的冒險！』──顏九笙『史蒂芬‧金極具黑色幽默的文筆讓這些險境彷彿都成了遊樂園中緊張刺激又歡樂的遊樂設施，沒錯！這就是我要的！這就是我最喜歡的史蒂芬‧金！』──毛弟『史蒂芬‧金作品擅於伏筆，好留得將來與之呼應，創造驚奇效果。所以一但當你決定要與羅蘭共踏往「尋塔」之途，那麼讓我奉勸你應該先做好準備，準備接受史蒂芬‧金用他獨具的文字風格，對你所做的「荼毒」與考驗。』──席達克『史蒂芬‧金在創作方面已幾近所謂的「全人」！』──劉宇庭槍客羅蘭與一起追尋黑塔的夥伴艾迪和蘇珊娜在樹林間練習槍法，卻遭到一隻巨熊襲擊。三人驚險的擊斃巨熊後，竟發現原來巨熊並不是生物，而是通往黑塔的十二道門戶的守護神之一，三人也因此找到能夠引領他們抵達黑塔的『光束之徑』。一路上，羅蘭又找到了兩個同伴：可愛的學舌獸仔仔與死而復生的傑克。羅蘭曾經為了追尋黑塔而不惜犧牲傑克，如今命運之門再次開啟，讓羅蘭戲劇性的與傑克重逢，也給了羅蘭救贖的機會，但是為了黑塔，未來他會不會再度被迫背叛傑克？他們來到腐朽衰敗的盧德城，面臨新的危機，原本好不容易以為已經平安脫險，沒想到又搭上一台發了瘋的火車──伯廉。他們必須想辦法用謎語考倒伯廉，否則就將葬身懸崖……黑塔之旅是一場漫長而艱困的遠征，面對盤旋不去的強大邪惡力量，羅蘭和他的『共業夥伴』必須眾志成城，才能通過考驗。而在經歷一次次心靈的試煉後，他們對尋找黑塔的信念也越來越堅定了……※中文書介出自《黑塔 III: 荒原的試煉》Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris ElbaThe third volume in the #1 nationally bestselling Dark Tower Series, involving the enigmatic Roland (the last gunfighter) and his ongoing quest for the Dark Tower, is “Stephen King at his best” (School Library Journal).Several months have passed since The Drawing of the Three, and in The Waste Lands, Roland’s two new tet-mates have become trained gunslingers. Eddie Dean has given up heroin, and Odetta’s two selves have joined, becoming the stronger and more balanced personality of Susannah Dean. But Roland altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers, a boy who—in Roland’s world—has already died. Now Roland and Jake exist in different worlds, but they are joined by the same madness: the paradox of double memories. Roland, Susannah, and Eddie must draw Jake into Mid-World and then follow the Path of the Beam all the way to the Dark Tower. There are new evils…new dangers to threaten Roland’s little band in the devastated city of Lud and the surrounding wastelands, as well as horrific confrontations with Blaine the Mono, the piratical Gasher, and the frightening Tick-Tock Man.The Dark Tower Series continues to show Stephen King as a master of his craft. What lands, what peoples has he visited that are so unreachable to us except in the pages of his incredible books? Now Roland’s strange odyssey continues. The Waste Lands follows The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three as the third volume in what may be the most extraordinary and imaginative cycle of tales in the English language.
