In fact, the portals open onto a version (or versions) of our own Earth, inside the consciousnesses(es?) of three individuals, whom Roland must first enter, and then use, in his quest to gain the Tower. From there we meet the remainder of his Ka-tet, and one very disturbed individual behind three magic "doors" or portals to another time and dimension. Roland's obsession with the Dark Tower began when he was little more than a boy (as you will discover in later volumes), but the actual journey there begins on the shore of the Western Sea, which is where we find him at the outset of Drawing. This massive tale spans seven volumes, but only really gets cooking until the second book, The Drawing of the Three. If you read the gunslinger and were left wondering if this was a series that you were willing to invest a lot of time and money in getting into, give this volume about 50 pages and there will be no doubt left in your mind.
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