Description
Roland continues his quest for the tower. Injured from attacks by strange creatures, he fights both sickness and the first man he brings back to his world, Eddie Dean.Eddie is a drug addict that was saved from the police when he was caught smuggling drugs in a plane in 1997. He resents Roland, and the new life that was thrust upon him, and this is made worse by his need for drugs - something that does not exist in Roland's world.
The two continue the quest and find a second person - a schizophrenic woman who causes more than a few problems for them all. Odetta Holmes is a black woman with a good side, and an evil side known as Detta Walker. She had her legs chopped off on August 19, 1959, and the evil Detta starts coming forward more often. The two sides battle themselves, along with Roland and Eddie, with interesting consequences. Eventually the 2 personalities combine to form a new person: Susanna Dean.
The third person they encounter ties back into both Jake Chambers life, and that of Odetta Holmes. He pushed Jake in front of the car and dropped the brick on Odetta as a child, and pushed Odetta in front of the train that caused her to loose her legs. Roland thinks this man should be punished, rather than being brought into his world.
Published
1987 Donald M. GrantDedication
To Don Grant, who's taken a chance on these novels, one by onePeople
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ?, Anne | Stewardess on plane that Eddie Dean was on |
| ?, Dario | Worked for Enrico Balazar |
| ?, Dennis | Evil man likened to Flagg, but after Flagg's time |
| ?, Howard | Doorman at Odetta Walker's building |
| ?, Paula | Stewardess on the plain that Eddie Dean was on when he was carrying the cocaine for Balazar |
| ?, Peter | Stewards on the plain that Eddie Dean was on when he was carrying the cocaine for Balazar |
| ?, Sophia (Aunt Blue) | Younger sister of Alice Holmes. Known as Aunt Blue or Sister Blue |
| ?, Thomas | Evil man likened to Flagg, but after Flagg's time |
| Adler, ? | Spoke about Schizophrenia |
| Alexander, Truman | Worked for Enrico Balazar. Died of Heart Attack |
| Allen, Woody | Actor, mentioned in passing |
| Allgood, Cuthbert | Childhood friend of Roland. Owned David the Hawk |
| Andolini, Claudio | Brother of Jack. Worked for Enrico Balazar as a bodyguard |
| Andolini, Jack | Drug dealing friend of Eddie Dean. Relation and employee of Enrico Balazar |
| Andrus, Cortland (Cort) | Roland's teacher. Poisoned to death |
| Balazar, Enrico | Drug dealer. Known as Il Roche (The Rock). Ran the Leaning Tower Bar |
| Basale, Miguel | Took Julio Estevez's place on bowling team on the night Odetta Holmes lost her legs |
| Billy the Kid | Odetta Holmes thought J F Kennedy was like Billy the Kid |
| Biondi, George (Big George) | Worked for Enrico Balazar |
| Blake, Kevin | Worked for Enrico Balazar. He was the one that cut off Henry Dean's dead and threw it to Eddie Dean |
| Blatty, William Peter | Writer |
| Brennan, Walter | Name in an answer given by George Biondi in a Trivial Pursuit game. The Correct answer was Johnny Cash |
| Brinkley, ? | Part of Huntley and Brinkley news team in the 1960's |
| Broadcloak, Marten | Wizard from Roland's past. Seduced his mother |
| Brown, Charlie | Cartoon Character mentioned in passing |
| Brumhall, Dr | Mrs Rathburn's doctor |
| Cash, Johnny | Singer. George Biondi kept answering almost every question in a Trivial Pursuit game with Johnny Cash |
| Casper | Friendly ghost |
| Cassidy, Butch | Johnny Holden thought Roland/Jack Mort looked like him |
| Castro, Fidel | Cuban Dictator mentioned in passing |
| Chambers, John (Jake) | The boy who Roland killed in DT1 |
| Clements, Arnold | Really Justin Clements. This is a misprint/error in some editions of the book |
| Clements, Justin | Ran gun shop that Roland entered |
| Copperfield, David | Magician seen by Balazar in Atlantic City |
| Cronkite, Walter | Newsreader mentioned in passing |
| David | Hawk (Or Falcon in DT1) that Roland had as a child |
| Dean, Edward Cantor (Eddie) | The Prisoner. The first of Roland's ka-tet. Drug addict, and brother of Henry. He helps Roland after he falls sick to the infections caused by the bite of the Lobstrosities |
| Dean, Henry | Brother of Eddie Dean. He died of a drug overdose while being held by Balazar's men |
| Dean, Selina | Sister of Henry and Eddie. Died when hit by a drunk driver as a child |
| Dean, Susannah | Name of the combined Detta Walker and Odetta Holmes personalities. The second of Roland's ka-tet |
| Deere, ? | Copilot on the plane that Eddie Dean was on when he was carrying the cocaine for Balazar |
| Delevan, Carl | Police officer who helped Roland/Jack Mort when he claimed that Justin Clements had stolen his wallet. He was attacked by Roland |
| Delgado, Susan | Lover of Roland |
| Deschain, Roland | The gunslinger on a quest for the tower with his ka-tet |
| Desmond | Childhood friend of Roland |
| Dollentz, ? | Sold Revlon products, and was undercutting the prices of Katz in his pharmacy |
| Dorfman, ? | Account of Jack Mort |
| Dorning, Jane | Stewardess on plane that Eddie Dean was on when he was carrying the cocaine for Balazar |
| Douglas, Susy | Stewardess on plane that Eddie Dean was on when he was carrying the cocaine for Balazar |
| Dretto, Carlocimi | Worked for Enrico Balazar as bodyguard |
| Duvalier, Poppa Doc | Haiti Dictator (His real nickname is Papa Doc Duvalier, and this is an error in the book) |
| Earp, Wyatt | Johnny Holden thought Roland/Jack Mort looked like him |
| Ellington, Duke | Band leader who recorded "Take the A-Train" |
| Estevez, Julio | Friend of George Shavers, and ambulance driver for the Sisters of Mercy Hospital. He picked up Odetta Holmes after her accident |
| Evers, Medgar | American activist |
| Farson, John | Rebel in Roland's time known as The Good Man |
| Feeny, Andrew | Chauffeur for Odetta Holmes. Irish roots |
| Fillini, ? | Film director mentioned in passing |
| Flagg, Randall | Evil devil pretending to be a man |
| Framingham, Mr | Boss of Jack Mort |
| Ginelli, ? | Ran a restaurant called the Four Fathers. This is possibly Richard from Thinner |
| Goldwater, Barry | Mentioned by Odetta Holmes |
| Good Man, The | See John Farson |
| Gooden, Dwight | Baseball player mentioned in passing |
| Gould, Chester | Comic-strip artist mentioned in passing |
| Halvorsen, Jimmy | Macey's first floor detective that saw Detta Walker steal some items |
| Haspio, Jimmy | Worked for Enrico Balazar |
| Hathaway, Miss | Eddie Dean's third Grade teacher |
| Holden, Fat Johnny | Worked in Clements Gun Shop, and brother-in-law of Justin Clements. Roland accused him of stealing his wallet after he refused to sell him ammunition without a gun license |
| Holliday, Billy | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Holliday, Doc | Johnny Holden thought Roland/Jack Mort looked like him |
| Holmes, Alice | Mother of Odetta Holmes |
| Holmes, Dan | Father of Odetta. Dentist who started the Holmes Dental fortune |
| Holmes, Odetta Susannah | Heir to Dental fortune. The second of Roland's group. Schizophrenic with one other personality (Detta Walker) who combined to form Susannah Dean |
| Huntley, ? | Part of Huntley and Brinkley news team in the 1960's |
| Johns, Alain | Childhood friend of Roland |
| Katz, Mr | Drug store owner. Started the store |
| Katz, Mr (Jr) | Drug Store owner. Son of Mr Katz |
| Kennedy, John F | The President shot by Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Kent, Clark | Superman, mentioned in passing |
| King, Martin Luther | American activist |
| Lane, Lois | Girlfriend of Superman |
| Lennox, Ralph | Security guard in Katz's drug store |
| Lobstrosities, The | Lobster like creatures on the beach, but a foot high, and four feet long, weighing about seventy pounds. Ate 2 of Roland's fingers, and one toe |
| Lucie | Cartoon Character mentioned in passing |
| Man in Black, The | Walter. The man who Roland was following in DT1. Roland caught up with him, and they spoke for a long time. When Roland woke up, The Man in Black had died. Roland took his jawbone |
| McAuliff, Christina | Space shuttle astronaut killed in the Challenger explosion |
| McDonald, ? | Captain and Pilot on the plane that Eddie Dean was on when he was carrying the cocaine for Balazar |
| McGursky, Mrs | Neighbour of the Dean family |
| Mort, Jack | A CPA. He was the third person that Roland took over. He was the one who dropped a brick on child Odetta Holmes, then pushed her in front of the train that took her legs. He was also the one who pushed Jake Chambers into the traffic |
| Newman, Paul | Actor mentioned in passing |
| O'Mearah, George | Police officer who helped Roland/Jack Mort when he claimed that Justin Clements had stolen his wallet. He was attacked by Roland |
| Oswald, Lee Harvey | Shot John F Kennedy |
| Parks, Rosa Lee | Black activist |
| Poe, Edgar Allan | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Popeye | Cartoon character mentioned in passing |
| Post, Wiley | Pilot mentioned in passing |
| Postino, Tricks | Worked for Enrico Balazar |
| Potzie | Cat owned by the Dean brothers |
| Rathbun, Mrs | Customer of Mr Katz. Valium addict |
| Roth, David Lee | Singer of Van Halen |
| Ruby, Jack | Shot Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Schultz, Charles | Peanuts Cartoon creator |
| Shavers, George | Intern doctor at the Sisters of Mercy. There when Odetta Holmes lost her legs |
| Staunton, Andrew | Police officer in New York City. Partner of Norris Weaver. He shot Roland/Jack Mort in the chest, but hit his lighter, catching him on fire rather than killing him |
| Streisand, Barbara | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Swaggart, Jimmy | TV Evangelist |
| Vechhio, Rudy | Worked for Enrico Balazar |
| Verone, Tio | Enrico Balazar's uncle |
| Vincent, Col | Drug dealing friend of Eddie Dean, and employee of Ginelli. Followed Eddie Dean in the Pizza Truck |
| Walker, Detta Susannah | The second personality of Odetta Holmes. She was evil, often breaking things, or insulting or sexually teasing people for no real reason. She combined with Odetta Walker to become Susannah Dean |
| Walter | See the Man in Black |
| Weaver, Norris | Police officer, and partner of Andrew Staunton |
| Webb, Jack | TV actor |
| Wilson, William | Drug dealer who strapped the cocaine under Eddie Dean's arms |
