"The Gunslinger" is the first book of the Dark Tower series. It is also one of the first books Stephen King wrote. I read the revised and expanded edition I picked in a boxed set containing the first four books of the series.
The tale takes place in a very hot and dry land with Roland (the gunslinger) in pursuit of the dark man. He eventually comes to settlement the dark man passed through and in which he leaves Roland a trap. Seeking information about the dark man Roland learns of the magic the dark man did in resurrecting a dead man and before he leaves the trap is sprung by the woman he was sleeping with and getting information from. The Gunslinger is forced to kill the entire town to escape and thus he continues his pursuit.
Roland then encounters a boy named Jake and he learns his strange tale and knows that he is also a trap left by the dark man. They travel together and experience many trails but in the end Jake loses his life when Roland is forced to choose pursuit of the dark man or saving Jake.
At the end the gunslinger and the dark man palaver and the gunslinger learns more about the nature of the dark tower but he does not fully comprehend all he learns. He also learns the dark man has been a part of his life for a very long time and after the palaver finds remains of what appear to be the dark man but he does not believe it to be so. So the gunslinger continues his quest for the tower.
"The universe (he said) is the Great All, and offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of a nonliving brain-although it may think it can-the finite mind cannot grasp the infinite."
"The Gunslinger" by Stephen King
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