The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
First edition cover
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| Author | Stephen King |
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| Cover artist | Jae Lee |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Dark Tower |
| Genre | Fantasy, horror, Science fiction, western |
| Publisher | Grant |
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Publication date
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February 21, 2012 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 336 |
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| Preceded by | Wizard and Glass |
| Followed by | Wolves of the Calla |
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (also known as Dark Tower 4.5) is a novel by Stephen King, first published on February 21, 2012 by Grant as a limited edition, and later published by Scribner as a trade hardcover () on April 24, 2012, with ebook and audiobook editions. The audiobook is read by the author. As part of The Dark Tower series, it is the eighth novel, but chronologically set between volumes four and five. First mentioned by King in 2009, after the series had been proclaimed as concluded in 2004 with the publication of the seventh novel, it was announced on the author's official site on March 10, 2011. A short excerpt was released online on December 19, 2011, the day the limited edition of the novel became available for pre-order.
In an interview in March 2009, King stated, describing an idea for a new short story he recently had: "And then I thought, 'Well, why don't I find three more like this and do a book that would be almost like modern fairy tales?' Then this thing started to add on bits and pieces so I guess it will be a novel." According to King, the idea is a new Dark Tower novel. King said, regarding the series, "It's not really done yet. Those seven books are really sections of one long über-novel."
While promoting his novel Under the Dome, King confirmed this during his TimesTalk event at The TimesCenter in New York City on November 10, 2009, and the next day King's official site posted the information that King will begin working on this novel in about eight months, with a tentative title being The Wind Through the Keyhole.
On December 1, 2009, Stephen King posted a poll on his official website, asking visitors to vote for which book he should write next:
I mentioned two potential projects while I was on the road, one a new Mid-World book (not directly about Roland Deschain, but yes, he and his friend Cuthbert are in it, hunting a skin-man, which are what werewolves are called in that lost kingdom) and a sequel to The Shining called Doctor Sleep. Are you interested in reading either of these? If so, which one turns your dials more? [We] will be counting your votes (and of course it all means nothing if the muse doesn't speak).
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