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PRAISE FOR STEPHEN KING’S

SONG OF SUSANNAH
THE DARK TOWER VI


The Dark Tower
series is King’s masterpiece.”


The Florida Times-Union
(Jacksonville)

“Equal parts Western, high fantasy, horror, and science fiction, the series is one of the wildest pastiches ever put between covers. All through the series there are references and tips of the hat to iconic works of pop culture, including J.R.R. Tolkien’s
Lord of the Rings
trilogy, films like
The Seven Samurai
or the spaghetti Westerns popularized by Clint Eastwood, and even L. Frank Baum’s
Oz
books. . . . King brilliantly juggles all the plot elements.”

—The Denver Post

“The suspense master takes readers right over the edge.”


Bangor Daily News

“An archetypal quest fantasy distinguished by its uniquely Western flavor, its emotional complexity and its sheer imaginative reach . . . brilliantly rendered . . . King holds it all together through sheer narrative muscle and his absolute commitment to his slowly unfolding—and deeply personal—vision.”


The Washington Post

“He’s done it again. . . . Stephen King is no ordinary wordsmith.”


Philadelphia Inquirer

The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
is also available from Simon & Schuster Audio.

“Well-crafted, nuanced stories.”

—The Washington Post

“Bear[s] the King trademark of creative energy and imagination.”

—The Richmond Times-Dispatch

“[King is] a modern-day counterpart to Twain, Hawthorne, Dickens. . . . No one does it better.”

—Publishers Weekly

DREAMCATCHER

“A vigorously told, increasingly trippy story [written] with imaginative gusto. . . . King writes more fluently than ever . . . with simple, unexpected grace.”

—The New York Times

“A tour de force . . . [with] more passages of power and imagination than some writers produce in a lifetime . . . thrilling and spectacular. . . . [An] entertaining must-read.”

—Chicago Tribune

“May be the best alien invasion story since Wells’s
The War of the Worlds
.”

—Booklist

HEARTS IN ATLANTIS

“This is wonderful fiction. . . . [King’s] take on the ’60s—including the effects of Vietnam—is scarily accurate.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Provocative. . . . [King] looks deep into the dark side of human nature.”

—People

“A spellbinding piece of literature.”

—Library Journal

BE SURE TO READ THESE BESTSELLERS BY STEPHEN KING

FROM A BUICK 8

“King’s still on fire when it comes to creating breathing characters and evocative settings.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Stylistically assured, effortlessly suspenseful, with characters as well rounded as almost any ‘literary’ novel can offer. . . . Spooky stuff.”

—Los Angeles Times

“Great writers exorcise their demons on the page, and there’s no better exorcist at work today than Stephen King. . . . Enjoy the ride.”

—Sun-Sentinel
(Fort Lauderdale, FL)

“Vintage King. . . . [He] knows how to jolt his readers.”

—USA Today

“Terrific entertainment. . . . Goes down like a shot of moonshine, hot and clean.”

—Publishers Weekly

“[King] still loves telling stories, knows every trick . . . and continues to redefine his definition of horror.”

—The New York Times

EVERYTHING’S EVENTUAL

“Unpredictable. Full of surprises. . . . You can tell this book by its cover.”

—The New York Times

“Compelling. . . . Brilliantly creepy.”

—USA Today

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Epigraph

1st Stanza: Beamquake

2nd Stanza: The Persistence of Magic

3rd Stanza: Trudy and Mia

4th Stanza: Susannah’s Dogan

5th Stanza: The Turtle

6th Stanza: The Castle Allure

7th Stanza: The Ambush

8th Stanza: A Game of Toss

9th Stanza: Eddie Bites His Tongue

10th Stanza: Susannah-Mio, Divided Girl of Mine

11th Stanza: The Writer

12th Stanza: Jake and Callahan

13th Stanza: “Hile, Mia, Hile, Mother”

Coda: Pages from a Writer’s Journal

Wordslinger’s Note

About Stephen King

For Tabby, who knew when it was done

“Go, then. There are other worlds than these.”

John “Jake” Chambers

“I am a maid of constant sorrow

I’ve seen trouble all my days

All through the world I’m bound to ramble

I have no friends to show my way . . .”

Traditional

“Fair is whatever God wants to do.”

Leif Enger
Peace Like a River

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