The last gunslinger in a dying world crosses an endless desert on the trail of the man in black, pausing only to trade words with a lone farmer who saw his quarry pass through days before. It is the opening chase of Roland Deschain's decades-long quest, and the first page of the Dark Tower saga.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Roland
- contained in The Gunslingercollection
- contained in The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthologyanthology
- contained in The Year's Finest Fantasy Volume 2anthology