The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. We witness the massacre in Tull, eat beans with Brown and Zoltan, meet Jake Chambers, and spend an uneasy night at the Way Station. Eventually closing in on the man in black, Roland and Jake find a handcar and railroad tracks that carry them under a mountain.
Nasty mutants live beneath the mountain.
On a tall trestle, as they spot the man in black just ahead, Jake slips. We learn that there are other worlds than these. To Ed Ferman who took a chance on these stories one by one. The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. Inhabitants of Tull - All dead.