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Wolves of the Calla

  • 1997 first published
  • 714 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (195 ratings)
  • 52 editions

Published in 1997, Wolves of the Calla is a dark fantasy and epic fantasy novel by Stephen King. It takes readers to New York and Maine in 1977. It features Roland Deschain, Eddie Dean and Jake Chambers. Readers will find themes of lightsabers, snitches, androids and heroes.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 195 ratings, and 401 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 52 editions across 8 languages.

It runs to roughly 714 pages — 13–14 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Wolves of the Calla

[The Dark Tower][1] V After escaping the perilous wreckage of Blaine the insane Mono and eluding the evil clutches of the vindictive sorcerer Randall Flagg, Roland and his ka-tet find themselves back on the southeasterly path of the Beam. Here, in the borderlands that lie between Mid-World and End-World, Roland and his friends are approached by a frightened band of representatives from the nearby town of Calla Bryn Sturgis. In less than a month, the Calla will be attacked by the Wolves--those masked riders that gallop out of Thunderclap once a generation to steal the town's children. The Calla folken need the kind of help that only gunslingers can give, and if the tet agrees to help, the town's priest--Father Callahan, once of 'Salem's Lot, Maine--promises to give them Black Thirteen, the most potent and treacherous of Maerlyn's magic balls. He used it to enter Mid-World, and now it sleeps fitfully beneath the floorboards of his church. Meanwhile, in the New York of 1977, the Sombra Corporation plots to destroy the lot at Second Avenue and Forty-Sixth Street.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • New York
  • Maine
  • Mid-World
  • End-World
  • Calla Bryn Sturgis
  • Thunderclap
  • 'Salem's Lot
  • Second Avenue
  • Forty-Sixth Street
  • Topeka

Era

Characters

  • Roland Deschain
  • Eddie Dean
  • Jake Chambers
  • Blaine
  • Randall Flagg
  • Father Callahan
  • Maerlyn
  • Crimson King
  • Mia
  • Benny Slightman

Subjects

  • Lightsabers
  • Snitches
  • Androids
  • Action and adventure fiction
  • Adventure fiction
  • Epic fiction
  • Heroes
  • Good and evil
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Adventure stories
  • Thrillers
  • Supernatural
  • Fantasy
  • Dark fantasy
  • Roland
  • Science fiction, fantasy, horror

Quick answers

Who wrote Wolves of the Calla?

Wolves of the Calla was written by Stephen King and first published in 1997.

What genre is Wolves of the Calla?

It is usually shelved as Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Horror and Adventure.

How long is Wolves of the Calla?

The median edition has 714 pages, about 13–14 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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