Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

This text provides excerpts from a novel, "Wolves of the Calla," which centers on the quest of the gunslinger, Roland, and his companions, Eddie Dean, Susannah Dean, and Jake Chambers, as they arrive in the Calla community to defend the children from periodic attacks by The Wolves. The narrative explains the dark history of the Calla, where children are taken and returned "roont" or empty-headed, and the reluctance of many townsfolk to resist, though the Jaffords family and former priest Father Callahan seek the gunslingers’ aid. The plot includes a subplot where Eddie, Jake, and Callahan return to 1977 New York City through a magical door to protect a vacant lot containing a magical rose crucial to the universe’s stability, involving characters like the book collector Calvin Tower and the corporation Sombra. A parallel crisis involves Susannah being involuntarily taken over by a second personality, Mia, who is pregnant with a non-human entity, and the danger of her being sent todash (to other worlds). The excerpts conclude with the gunslingers and the Calla preparing to fight the Wolves after a climactic town meeting, and Susannah's escape with Mia to protect the child.