Keeping in mind that King's foray into high fantasy is clearly intended for a younger audience (he dedicated it to his friend and to his daughter), it's surprisingly uneventful and not particularly interesting. It feels like a tentative but safe experiment in an unfamiliar field, and the incessant foreshadowing certainly doesn't help. I'm not a fantasy enthusiast and know very little about it, but I still wouldn't have minded an unusual King book if he had added his own touch to it. As it stands, The Eyes of the Dragon is just run-of-the-mill. I'd have actually preferred it to crash and burn instead of teetering on the edge. Not even Flagg, here a wizard, could save it.

The Dark Tower Project
"Night Surf" from Night Shift (1978)
The Stand: Complete and Uncut Edition (1990)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (2003 Revised Edition)
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987)
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (1991)
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)
"Little Sisters of Eluria" from Everything's Eventual (2002)
"Jerusalem's Lot" from Night Shift (1978)
Salem's Lot (1975)
"One for the Road" from Night Shift (1978)
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003)
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004)
Insomnia (1994)
Black House (2001) (sequel to The Talisman)
"Low Men in Yellow Coats" from Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
"Everything's Eventual" from Everything's Eventual (2002)
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2004)