{"product_id":"the-dark-tower-8-book-boxed-set","title":"Stephen King's The Dark Tower 8-Book Boxed Set","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Dark Tower 8-Book Boxed Set by Stephen King\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSummary:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time ever in a single boxed set, \u003cstrong\u003eall of Stephen King’s eight Dark Tower novels—\u003c\/strong\u003eone of the most acclaimed and popular series of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in a world of ominous landscape and macabre menace, The Dark Tower series features one of Stephen King’s most powerful creations—The Gunslinger—a haunting figure who embodies the qualities of the lone hero through the ages, from ancient myth to frontier Western legend. As Roland crosses a desert of damnation in a treacherous world that is a twisted image of our own, he moves ever closer to the Dark Tower of his dreams—and nightmares.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis stunning, must-have collection includes:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dark Tower I: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Gunslinger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dark Tower II: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Drawing of the Three\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dark Tower III: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Waste Lands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dark Tower IV: \u003c\/strong\u003eWizard and Glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dark Tower: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Wind Through the Keyhole\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dark Tower V: \u003c\/strong\u003eWolves of the Calla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dark Tower VI: \u003c\/strong\u003eSong of Susannah; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dark Tower VII: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eperfect keepsake for Stephen King fans, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dark Tower 8-Book Boxed Set\u003c\/em\u003e is the most extraordinary and imaginative cycle of tales in the English language from \u003cstrong\u003e“the reigning King of American popular literature”\u003c\/strong\u003e (Los Angeles Daily News).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author: Stephen King\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Edwin King, born September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine, is a highly acclaimed and prolific American author known for his horror, supernatural fiction, and suspense novels. He is often referred to as \u003cstrong\u003e\"The King\"\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003e\"The King of Horror\"\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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