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| | Stephen King, Wizard and Glass: The Dark Tower IV |
 | | Back in the present day, the ka-tet encounter a bizarre Emerald City, with Randal Flagg (The Stand's "man in black") as the Wizard, and get one last "flashback" (they actually travel in time, astrally, it would seem) to witness Rhea's final revenge on Roland, thus closing of that period of his life. |
 | | Wizard and Glass continues King's excellent characterization of Roland, and, if you're like me, leaves you longing for more of his past, to see the boy he was before ka (fate) stepped in and the world began to move on. |
 | | And though the boys do not realize it until much, much later there is a bit of the legendary Maerlyn's Rainbow, a glass ball which can show events elsewhere or of the future also hidden in nearby, in the uneasy care of the local witch, Rhea. |
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