While in the bathroom, Eddie pulls the goon into Roland’s world and together, Roland and Eddie feed him to the lobstrosities. Eddie, with Roland as his passenger arrive at Balazar’s place to exchange the drugs.Įddie goes to the bathroom, followed by one of Balazar’s men, to retrieve the drugs from Roland’s world. Balazar is holding Eddie’s brother Henry hostage as collateral. The scenes where Roland and Eddie co-exist in Eddies body, Roland taking food from Eddies world back to his own, Roland hiding the drugs Eddie was smuggling into the US in his world, so Eddie would make it through customs… amazing.Įddie Dean is a heroin addict who, as I mentioned, was smuggling cocaine into the US for his heroin supplier, Balazar. King’s imagination is on full display here and it’s truly incredible. Roland steps through the door, and into Eddie. The door reads “The Prisoner.” Roland opens it and realizes he is looking through someone else’s eyes. Roland is in desperation mode when he comes across a door in the middle of the beach. “The Drawing of the Three” is easily a top 10/15 King novel overall for me, and its either #1 or #2 within “The Dark Tower” series.īrief synopsis below that may contain spoilers, so tread lightly.Īfter losing his fingers, Roland shambles down the beach, realizing the lobstrosities have poisoned him. This novel offers us a look into how vast King’s universe can be, but we only scratch the surface. Susannah, we don’t get to until later, but we start off quickly with Eddie and if I’m being completely honest, he’s my favorite King character and one of the best he’s ever written. We get to meet two major characters in this one: Eddie Dean and Susannah. This novel is incredibly fast paced compared to book one, and you’ll never want to put it down… Olivia and I finished it in three nights. His imagination and descriptions are truly incredible.

“The Drawing of the Three” contains some of King’s best writing, hands down.

King immediately cripples the story’s hero, starting the readers off knowing this will be a major test. Roland, concerned for his weapons, leaps up but is attacked by giant lobster-like creatures that lop off the first two fingers on his dominant right hand. “The Drawing of the Three” was released in 1987 and starts with Roland Deschain, the last Gunslinger, waking up on a beach to the water from the sea soaking his guns and shells.

The dark tower drawing