 wolves of the calla is the fifth book in stephen king's the dark tower series. this book continues the story of roland deschain, eddie dean, susannah dean, jake chambers, and oy as they make their way toward the dark tower. the subtitle of this novel is resistance. prior to the novel's publication, two excerpts were published: "calla bryn sturgis" was published in 2001 on stephen king's official site, and "the tale of gray dick" was published in 2003 in mcsweeney's mammoth treasury of thrilling tales. both excerpts were incorporated in revised form into the novel. wolves of the calla was nominated for the locus award for best fantasy novel in 2004. ==plot summary== after escaping the alternate topeka and the evil wizard randall flagg, roland's ka-tet travel to the farming village of calla bryn sturgis where they meet the townsfolk, as well as father callahan, who was originally introduced in 'salem's lot. he and the townsfolk request the ka-tet's assistance in battling against the wolves of thunderclap, who come once a generation to take one child from each pair of the town's twins. after a few months of being away, the children are then returned "roont" (ruined) - mentally handicapped and destined to grow to enormous size and die young. the wolves are due to come in about a month's time. father callahan also tells the gunslingers his remarkable story of how he left maine following his battle with the vampire kurt barlow in the novel 'salem's lot. since that encounter he has gained the ability to identify type-3 vampires with a blue aura. after some time he begins killing these minor vampires as he finds them; however, this makes him a wanted man amongst the "low men" and so callahan must go into exil
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