REALITIES CONVERGE AS STEPHEN KING'S FANTASY EPIC TAKES A NEW TURN! Jake's reality-shattering visions are occurring with maddening frequency...and what they foretell will have dire consequences for Roland and the ka-tet! And then there are the strange voices reverberating through Jake's head. Can it be that this star-crossed youngster is actually...dead?! Meanwhile, Eddie, Roland and Susannah contend with an attack by Shardik - a 70-foot-tall bear whose mysterious origin runs to the heart of Mid-World itself!