The Dark Tower VI
Song of Susannah
Chapter One
1ST STANZA: BEAMQUAKE
ONE
"How long will the magic stay?"
At first no one answered Roland's question, and
so he asked it again, this time looking across
the living room of the rectory to where Henchick
of the Manni sat with Cantab, who had married
one of Henchick's numerous granddaughters. The
two men were holding hands, as was the Manni
way. The older man had lost a granddaughter that
day, but if he grieved, the emotion did not show
on his stony, composed face.
Next to Roland, holding no one's hand, silent
and dreadfully white, sat Eddie Dean. Beside
him, cross-legged on the floor, was Jake
Chambers. He had pulled Oy into his lap, a thing
Roland had never seen before and would not have
believed the billy-bumbler would allow. Both
Eddie and Jake were splattered with blood. That
on Jake's shirt belonged to his friend Benny
Slightman. That on Eddie's belonged to Margaret
Eisenhart, once Margaret of Redpath, the lost
granddaughter of the old patriarch. Both Eddie
and Jake looked as tired as Roland felt, but ... read full excerpt from The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah ebook
