In the Song of Susannah, Mr. King takes us a step further in the path to the Dark Tower. Sussannah Dean is again two women in one and pregnant as a result from the drawing of Jake into Mid World. A demon, Mia has taken control over Suze and, after the battle of the Calla, has her run away to New York to have the chap under the care of the Crimson King's servants, who has promised motherly aching Mia to give her charge over the chap for a few years.
The rest of the Ka-tet is split in two teams, one to follow Suze and one to find Calvin Tower and try to save the rose. Originally Eddie and Roland were supposed to follow Suze while Jake and Pere Callahan got the business with Calvin Tower done, but Ka blows! With the help of the Manni, Jake and Callahan find themselves in New York chasing Suze with the help of Oy, while Eddie and Roland are welcomed to Maine with a shower of bullets.
In Maine, Mr. King introduces a fictionalized version of himself into the story as a channel for the story of the Dark Tower to be told, something that seems to be important because the Crimson King's agents seem to be trying to stop him with this or that seemingly random act.
Along the story new facts are introduced; like Fedic and Castle Discordia or the role Mordred, the chap, will play in the future of the ka-tet. What I liked the most is how Mr. King introduces himself to the story and how masterfully fills at least a hundred pages of autobiographical data with two or three lines regarding events related to the story. Anyway, it is a great read and Mr. King shows why he is the acclaimed author that he is. From Castle Discordia at the end of the world to rural Maine, the places are depicted with masterful strokes and the story flows with ease in both regions of imagination and reality.
Good Reading, Long Days and Pleasant Nights!
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