The Wind Through The Keyhole

說故事大師史蒂芬．金傾盡畢生之力的奇幻史詩巨作
黑塔系列第八集隆重登場！

　　本集從母親過世後，少年槍客羅蘭陷入自責不已的情緒裡，父親派他去調查一起兇殺案揭開序幕。查案的過程中，羅蘭遇到了倖存的目擊者Bill Streeter。小男孩Bill外表看起來很勇敢，實際上受到很大的驚嚇。

　　為了安撫脆弱的Bill，羅蘭想起母親以前常跟他說的床邊故事：「永遠沒有人會老到不適合聽故事。男人和男孩，女孩和女人，我們都是為了故事而生存。」而從羅蘭自身展開的故事，亦是世上男女老幼都能共享的永恆經典。

　　史蒂芬．金從1974年開始撰寫《黑塔》系列，並在1980年代攀上巔峰。讓全球書迷期待已久的《The Wind Through the Keyhole》除了能吸引《黑塔》迷的目光外，即便是未曾讀過前七集的讀者，也都能折服於羅蘭驚險的旅程與史蒂芬．金驚人的敘事功力，讀完必會大呼過癮！

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　　A Dark Tower Novel

　　In The Wind Through the Keyhole, Stephen King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga that stands as his most beguiling achievement.

　　In his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death, Roland is sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a “skin-man” preying upon the population around Debaria. Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, the brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter. Only a teenager himself, Roland calms the boy and prepares him for the following day’s trials by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother often read to him at bedtime. “A person’s never too old for stories,” Roland says to Bill. “Man and boy, girl and woman, never too old. We live for them.” And indeed, the tale that Roland unfolds, the legend of Tim Stoutheart, is a timeless treasure for all ages, a story that lives for us.

　　King began the Dark Tower series in 1974; it gained momentum in the 1980s; and he brought it to a thrilling conclusion when the last three novels were published in 2003 and 2004. The Wind Through the Keyhole is sure to fascinate avid fans of the Dark Tower epic. But this novel also stands on its own for all readers, an enchanting and haunting journey to Roland’s world and testimony to the power of Stephen King’s storytelling magic.