Roland, the youngest Gunslinger of all time, sets out on a tedious mission to get him out of harm's way. Accompanied by his friends and Gunslinger trainees, Cuthbert and Alain, he makes his way toward Hambry, a tiny, quiet settlement in the middle of nowhere, far from their home in Gilead. But, Ka blows at Roland's back, and things never stay tedious around him for long...