The Humble Sisters of Eluria

Roland Deschain, the Gunslinger from Gilead, travels in search of the Dark Tower. The events of the story precede the main part of the “Dark Tower” cycle, but they take place after the events that occurred in the land of Mejis, described in the fourth book of the cycle—“The Wizard and the Crystal.”

“Today in Full Earth, when Roland rode up to the gates of a small town in the Abandoned Mountains, the day was so scorching that it seemed to draw the air out of his lungs before his body could use it. Roland traveled alone, mounted—though with the same success he could have walked on his own. All the last week he’d tried, unsuccessfully, to find a veterinarian, but now he had come to accept the idea that there would be no use from a horse doctor even if one existed in the town lying ahead. Roland’s two-year-old roan stallion was living out his last hours…”