The Dark Tower is a series of books written by American author Stephen King, which

incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy, science fantasy, horror and western.
It describes a "Gunslinger" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and
metaphorical. King has described the series as his magnum opus. Besides the seven novels that
compose the series proper, many of his other books relate to the story, introducing concepts and
characters that come into play as the series progresses. After the series was finished, a series of
prequel comics followed.

The series was chiefly inspired by the poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by Robert
Browning, whose full text was included in the final volume's appendix. In the preface to the
revised 2003 edition of The Gunslinger, King also identifies The Lord of the Rings, Arthurian
Legend, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as inspirations. He identifies Clint Eastwood's
"Man with No Name" character as one of the major inspirations for the protagonist, Roland
Deschain. King's style of location names in the series, such as Mid-World, and his development
of a unique language abstract to our own (High Speech), are also influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien's
work.

December 7, 2009 saw the release of a spin-off online game entitled Discordia.[1]

In 2009, King announced an upcoming eighth book, The Wind Through the Keyhole.