About this episode

The episode dives into 'Wolves of the Calla', exploring themes of friendship, new enemies, and significant discoveries in the Dark Tower series.

Hallelujah, come commala, we’re back together!   Finally, after stopping for side missions with Jack Sawyer, and a pair of stories of Roland’s younger days, we’re back in Midworld’s here-and-now to push on towards the Dark Tower. It’s time for Wolves of the Calla, a novel of old friends, new enemies…and a quite surprising amount of boobs.   This is also where certain things start to get REAL!! We’re on the precipice of great discovery and you can hear Chris Panatier try to deal with it.   Enjoy folken!   Support Talking Scared on Patreon (say thankya!)   Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch   Come talk books on Bluesky @talkscaredpod.bsky.social on Instagram/Threads, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Neil McRobert

Topics covered

• Dark Tower
• Wolves of the Calla
• literature
• friendship
• enemies
• discovery

Keywords

• Dark Tower
• Wolves of the Calla
• Chris Panatier
• literature
• friendship
• enemies
• discovery

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Wolves of the Calla, Dark Tower

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