When Worlds Collide - Stephen King's Gigantic New Epic in the Dark Tower Saga Jack Sawyer has been living in the Otherworld, which he calls the Territories, for years, but which he now knows is part of the larger Midworld Empire. He has become accustomed to the strange customs there and the mystical story about the legendary gunslinger Roland, who saved Midworld from the destruction of the Dark Tower. Jack can switch between worlds, but he can't stay long in ours because it is deadly to him in the long run. When a marauding murderous sect endangers his friends in America and subsequently appears in Midworld, he realizes that the worlds are beginning to collide. A dark force that threatens to devour everything - all worlds - is visibly gaining consciousness and strength. With the blessing of Peter Straub, Stephen King interweaves the Talisman series with the Dark Tower saga. Biography (Stephen King) Stephen King, born in 1947 in Portland, Maine, first worked as an English teacher before he made his breakthrough in 1973 with his first novel 'Carrie'. Since then, he has been considered one of the most successful writers in the world. In November 2003, he received the National Book Foundation's Special Lifetime Achievement Award. Stephen King lives with his wife Tabitha in Bangor, Maine.