Stephen King Announces The Wind Through the Keyhole, a New Book in The Dark Tower Series

With the "The Dark Tower" series of fantasy thrillers in the news -- Ron Howard and company are planning a multi-platform adaptation of the novels -- it is worth noting that author Stephen King announced today a new entry in the series, The Wind Through the Keyhole, chronologically set between the fourth and fifth books.

"It won’t tell you much that’s new about Roland and his friends," says King, "but there’s a lot none of us knew about Mid-World, both past and present."

The first book in the series, The Gunslinger, was published in 1982 with the series concluding (or so everyone thought) in 2004 with the seventh, The Dark Tower.

The Wind Through the Keyhole is expected to be published in 2012.