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{{Infobox book
 | title = Wolves of the Calla
 | image = wolvescover_3491.jpg
 | caption = 
 | author = Stephen King
 | central theme = 
 | elevator pitch = 
 | genre = Dark fantasy, Horror, Science fiction, Western
 | franchise = The Dark Tower
 | preceded by = The Dark Tower/The Wind Through the Keyhole
 | followed by = The Dark Tower/Song of Susannah
 | publication date = November 4, 2003
}}
Preceded by [[The Dark Tower/Wizard and Glass|Wizard and Glass]]

Book 5 of [[Stephen King]]'s [[Doorstopper|Epic]] [[Fantasy]] series ''[[The Dark Tower]].'' 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.

Followed by [[The Dark Tower/Song of Susannah|Song of Susannah]]

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* [[Bishonen]] - Callahan worked with one at Home.
* [[Canon Welding]] - A major part of the series in general. The big one in this case is the appearance of Pere Callahan, who was a character in Stephen King's second novel, ''[['Salem's Lot]]''.
* [[Child Soldiers]] - Jake and his friend.
* [[Deadly Disc]] - 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.
* [[Fantastic Fruits and Vegetables]]: The muffin-balls. A "type of ground-berry" covered in sour little horns which smells and tastes like fresh-baked sourdough bread from [[Product Placement|Zabar's]].
* [[The Gunfighter Wannabe]]
* [[Half-Identical Twins]] - The Calla is flooded with them, at least until the Wolves seize one of each set. Justified, as the abundance of twin births is not a natural phenomenon.
* [[Hidden Depths]] - Roland reveals {{spoiler|that he is a ''fantastic'' dancer.}}
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] - The women of the Calla fight off invaders by ''throwing sharpened plates'' at them. [[Rule of Cool|And it works.]]
** Kinda helps that they're made outta ''titanium'', though.
* [[Last Stand]]: The Battle of Jericho Hill, which Roland remembers in his dream; it was there that the last forces of Gilead fell to the barbarians and Roland was the [[Sole Survivor]].
* [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in-universe. The main deviation is that none of the samurai cowboys die.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]] -  {{spoiler|The Wolves are [[Fantastic Four|Doombots]] on mechanical horses with weaponized [[Harry Potter|Snitches]] and wielding [[Star Wars|lightsabers]]! Seriously!}}
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: In the legend of Lady Oriza, before killing Gray Dick, who [[You Killed My Father|killed her father]], she tells him this: "May your first day in hell last ten thousand years, and may it be the shortest."
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''. Calla Bryn Sturgis is a reference to director John Sturges.
* [[Verbal Tic]] - "Say thankya," "Hear me well," "Thankya big-big."
** Also, "commala" pretty much means everything (though it literally means "rice" which is the main crop in Calla Bryn Sturgis)..

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