Plagued by terrible nightmares of destruction and spine-chilling visions of an evil male figure dressed in black, the troubled New York teen, Jake Chambers, is about to discover that his night terrors are real. As he teams up with mysterious Gunslinger Roland, the fate of the world as we know it rests in his hands, as Walter, the demonic Man in Black, sets out to destroy the one thing that keeps this world and the next together: the massive Dark Tower. Now, the odds are stacked against the unexpected protectors. Can Jake and Roland restore order in the universe?—Nick Riganas