The Dark Tower (novel)

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horror novel novel

The Dark Tower is the final book in Stephen King’s epic dark fantasy series, concluding Roland Deschain’s quest to reach the mysterious Dark Tower that stands at the nexus of all universes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Dark Tower	40
The Dark Tower (novel) canonical	5
dark tower	2
the Dark Tower	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8243160 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Dark Tower (novel)
Context triple: [The Man in Black, appearsIn, The Dark Tower (novel)]

A. The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower is a 2017 fantasy western film adaptation of Stephen King’s epic book series, blending horror, science fiction, and dark fantasy elements around a mysterious tower that anchors the universe.
B. The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower is a 1946 radio play by poet Louis MacNeice, noted for its allegorical, dreamlike exploration of fate and heroism.
C. The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands is a fantasy-horror novel by Stephen King that continues Roland Deschain’s quest toward the Dark Tower, blending Western, post-apocalyptic, and metaphysical elements.
D. The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole is a fantasy novel by Stephen King that serves as an interquel in his Dark Tower saga, blending a mid-quest adventure with a nested fairy-tale-style story.
E. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla is a fantasy-horror novel by Stephen King that continues Roland Deschain’s quest by focusing on a besieged farming village and deepening the series’ blend of Western, dark fantasy, and meta-fiction.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Dark Tower (novel)
Target entity description: The Dark Tower is the final book in Stephen King’s epic dark fantasy series, concluding Roland Deschain’s quest to reach the mysterious Dark Tower that stands at the nexus of all universes.

A. The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower is a 2017 fantasy western film adaptation of Stephen King’s epic book series, blending horror, science fiction, and dark fantasy elements around a mysterious tower that anchors the universe.
B. The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower is a 1946 radio play by poet Louis MacNeice, noted for its allegorical, dreamlike exploration of fate and heroism.
C. The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands is a fantasy-horror novel by Stephen King that continues Roland Deschain’s quest toward the Dark Tower, blending Western, post-apocalyptic, and metaphysical elements.
D. The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole is a fantasy novel by Stephen King that serves as an interquel in his Dark Tower saga, blending a mid-quest adventure with a nested fairy-tale-style story.
E. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla is a fantasy-horror novel by Stephen King that continues Roland Deschain’s quest by focusing on a besieged farming village and deepening the series’ blend of Western, dark fantasy, and meta-fiction.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	horror novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
antagonist	The Crimson King ⓘ
author	Stephen King ⓘ
awards	2005 British Fantasy Award (Best Novel) ⓘ linked to: British Fantasy Award
centralElement	The Dark Tower (fictional structure) ⓘ linked to: The Dark Tower (structure)
concludes	Roland Deschain’s quest for the Dark Tower ⓘ
conclusionType	ambiguous ending ⓘ
containsCharacterDeath	Eddie Dean ⓘ Jake Chambers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
coverArtist	Michael Whelan ⓘ
featuresAuthorAsCharacter	Stephen King ⓘ
genre	dark fantasy ⓘ fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ western fiction ⓘ
hasMetafictionalElements	true ⓘ
hasTheme	cyclical time ⓘ fate and free will ⓘ obsession ⓘ redemption ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
isbn	0-937986-52-7 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
linkedWorks	Hearts in Atlantis ⓘ Insomnia ⓘ The Stand ⓘ ’Salem’s Lot ⓘ linked to: Salem's Lot
mainCharacter	Eddie Dean ⓘ Jake Chambers ⓘ Oy ⓘ Roland Deschain ⓘ Susannah Dean ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
pages	845 ⓘ
partOfSeries	The Dark Tower (series) ⓘ linked to: The Dark Tower series
prequel	Song of Susannah ⓘ
publicationDate	2004-09-21 ⓘ
publisher	Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. ⓘ Scribner ⓘ linked to: Scribner Books
seriesNumber	7 ⓘ
setting	End-World ⓘ Mid-World ⓘ

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