"This fine young man, Jake Chambers, is not from these parts. He belongs in another world. A world where trains thunder under streets, where speeding cars can spell death for boys like him and where the Man in Black...is someone else entirely. But here, in Mid-World, the Man in Black is a sorcerer. A great evil. And for Roland Deschain, a conduit to the Dark Tower..."--Bk. jkt.

Enter once more the world of Roland Deschain--and the world of the Dark Tower. Now near death following a vicious attack by the inhuman Slow Mutants, Roland is detoured from his relentless pursuit of the Man in Black and is taken in by a mysterious and unearthly group of nuns who specialize in anything but the healing arts. These hideous, corpselike creatures--the Little Sisters of Eluria--have murder on their twisted minds. And in his current condition,...

Near death from an attack by slow mutants, Roland Deschain is taken in by a group of nuns who specialize in anything but the healing arts. These hideous, corpse-like creatures-the Little Sisters of Eluria -have murder on their twisted minds. And in his current condition, there's almost nothing the last Gunslinger can do to prevent their tender mercies from taking hold.