The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Study Guide

This section introduces the "gunslinger" and his mission. The gunslinger, a self-possessed and resolute man with a high degree of fortitude, heads into an unwelcoming desert, barren and ominous. He is described in great detail in this section. He wears two guns with sandalwood stocks across his hips. His attire is that of a cowboy. The author mentions that the world has "moved on" and things are different from some previous time and place not yet revealed to the reader. (read more)