History Literature / WolvesOfTheCalla

* Irony: The Eisenharts weren't directly targeted by the Wolves because their six children were either too old or too young to be taken; however, said children left the Calla as soon as they were old enough to travel alone, so Vaughn and Margaret ended up losing ''all'' their kids instead of just half.

''Wolves of the Calla'' is Book V of Creator/StephenKing's [[DoorStopper Epic]] {{Fantasy}} series ''Franchise/TheDarkTower''. Roland of Gilead's quest to save the multiverse from destruction continues in this fifth installment of King's epic tale, where the series' plot takes a detour which finds the gunslinger and his companions helping the farmers of a small town called Calla Bryn Sturgis fight against terrifying creatures known only as "Wolves" who raid and kidnap half of the Calla's children once every generation.

* TheBusCameBack: After literally being PutOnABus at the end of ''Literature/SalemsLot'', Father Callahan finds his way into ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series.

** Roont children become mentally retarded and grow to extreme size.

** Roland himself gets one. He turns out to be a fantastic dancer, and his companions are completely flabbergasted when they see him dance the Commala, as he'd shown absolutely no evidence of this skill before.

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''Wolves of the Calla'' is Book V of Creator/StephenKing's [[DoorStopper Epic]] {{Fantasy}} series ''Franchise/TheDarkTower''. Roland of Gilead's quest to save all worlds from evil continues in this fifth installment of King's epic tale, the series' plot takes a detour which finds the gunslinger and his companions helping the farmers of Calla Bryn Sturgis fight against the terrifying "Wolves" who threaten to kidnap the Calla's children.

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:Andy, the messenger robot, is really not nice.]]

* DeadlyDisc: Sharpened plates as weapons. There's a bit of a legend attached to them about a vengeful woman luring an evil suitor to his doom.

** The plot is heavily based on ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven''. Calla Bryn Sturgis is a reference to starring actor Yul Brynner and director John Sturges.

** Sneetches are taken from ''Literature/HarryPotter''.

** The clothing of the Wolves is based on Doctor Doom.

** Referenced in Father Callahan's story about the Hitler Brothers. He immediately nicknames the huge muscular one "Lenny" and the small weasely one "George," referencing this dynamic from ''OfMiceAndMen'', but discovers to his surprise that the big one is actually the brains.

* ChildSoldiers: Jake and his friend.

** ''Song of Susannah'' follows on directly from ''The Wastelands'', and the only thing to take place between ''Song...'' and ''Wolves...'' is ''The Wind Through The Keyhole'', where Roland and his party shelter from a storm and he tells them a story to pass the time. Yet somehow, Jake, who was a pretty normal kid when he arrived into Mid-World in ''Wastelands'', has somehow [[TookALevelInBadass taken a massive number of levels in Badass]] and is a hardened Gunslinger and a crack shot by the very beginning of this book. Somewhat [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] throughout the series, in that Roland's companions are implied to be drawn into his quest because they were born to be Gunslingers.

* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: ''Song of Susannah'' follows on directly from ''The Wastelands'', and the only thing to take place between ''Song...'' and ''Wolves...'' is ''The Wind Through The Keyhole'', where Roland and his party shelter from a storm and he tells them a story to pass the time. Yet somehow, Jake, who was a pretty normal kid when he arrived into Mid-World in ''Wastelands'', has somehow [[TookALevelInBadass taken a massive number of levels in Badass]] and is a hardened Gunslinger and a crack shot by the very beginning of this book. Somewhat [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] throughout the series, in that Roland's companions are implied to be drawn into his quest because they were born to be Gunslingers.

* OneTwinMustDie: Almost all births in the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis are twins. The titular Wolves ride out of [[{{Mordor}} Thunderclap]] roughly every twenty-three years and kidnap one of each pair of the town's children. Months later, they are returned via train, "roont", deformed into DumbMuscle {{EmptyShell}}s that painfully grow until they die young. The purpose of this operation is revealed as [[spoiler:The Crimson King harvesting the innate material responsible for TwinTelepathy to feed it to powerful psychics to enhance their abilities he is utilizing to destroy the Dark Tower.]]

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'''''Wolves of the Calla''''' is Book V of Creator/StephenKing's [[DoorStopper Epic]] {{Fantasy}} series ''Franchise/TheDarkTower''. Roland of Gilead's quest to save all worlds from evil continues in this fifth installment of King's epic tale, the series' plot takes a detour which finds the gunslinger and his companions helping the farmers of Calla Bryn Sturgis fight against the terrifying "Wolves" who threaten to kidnap the Calla's children.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: At one point, Father Callahan recalls looking out of a window in a Detroit office building onto Lake Michigan. The only lakes one can actually see from Detroit are Lake St. Clair and a bit of Lake Erie. Lake Michigan is on the opposite side of the state. (Possibly King was thinking of Chicago, which ''does'' rest on the shore of Lake Michigan.)

** The clothing of the Wolves is based on DoctorDoom.

* TheAtoner: Pere Callahan tries his best to make up for his failure in SalemsLot, even though he believes he's not worthy of redemption.

** The plot is heavily based on ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven''. Calla Bryn Sturgis is a reference to director John Sturges.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[spoiler:The Wolves are Doombots on mechanical horses with weaponized sneetches from ''Harry Potter'' and wielding lightsabers]].