A friend of mine claims this is the best sci-fi/fantasy series in existence. So I'll try it. First installment follows the gunslinger across the desert, in pursuit of the man in black. That's it. All of it. Yes, we get hints at the kind of world this is, and how magic is somewhere in this world. We get a brief flashback into the gunslingers origin/training as a gunslinger. And we meet the kid Jake. But really, this is a prologue. I will reserve any judgement until I get somewhere in this eight volume saga.
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