He chases Eddie into a tree and attempts to shake Eddie loose. Shardik runs to Roland's camp in the clearing to find Eddie. Thinking them to be the 'troublesome fire starters' who lived in his woods years past (delusions presumably brought on by extreme fever and madness), he decides to kill them. When Roland and his ka-tet arrive and set up temporary residence in Shardik's woods, the creature becomes visibly upset.

Electronically, the bearings in its 'thinking cap' were worn and, according to Eddie, about to freeze up, presumably resulting in the creature's death. Biologically, the bear suffered an extensive infestation of worms. Left on Shardik by the Old Ones is the following:Īfter several millennia of service watching over the beam it had begun to deteriorate and die. It is possible that Shardik might have had a non-cybernetic form apart from the one encountered by Roland and his Ka-tet: Maturin, the turtle beam guardian, is revealed to be a force of the white, and aids Roland and his allies on several occasions, and is revealed to be a powerful 'macroversal' spirit in It. Shardik's functional longevity is most likely due its internal nuclear power source. Shardik was known as Mir by tribal groups who once lived in the woods of his domain, which in their language means, the world beneath the world. Hours of business: Mon-Fri 10 to 6 Number 46 is at the northern end of Shepherd Market, formerly the location of Shepherds bindery, a five minute walk from Green Park tube station (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines) and only slightly more from Bond Street station.Shardik was built by North Central Positronics, the mysterious company which was a part of The Imperium thousands of years prior to the events of The Dark Tower Series. We also display a selection of stock at our Mayfair shop: 46 Curzon Street Number 48 is on the south side of Bedford Square, a five minute walk from Totten ham Court Road or Goodge Street underground stations and a ten minute walk from Russell Square. Great Britain Hours of business: Mon-Fri 9:30 to 5

Our primary address is our Bloomsbury shop: Stock Code: 234464 Members of: Antiquarian Booksellers Association Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association International League of Antiquarian Booksellers Inscribed by the author to the title page: 'To Roger, Yours sincerely, Richard Adams 3rd September, 1996.'Īdams’ second novel after the hugely successful Watership Down.Ī near fine copy, dust jacket spine ever so slightly sunned. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket.