 The first and second volumes ("The Prisoner" and "House of Cards") focused on Eddie Dean, who was introduced in the section of the novel also named "The Prisoner".The third and fourth volumes ("Lady of Shadows" and "Bitter Medicine") focused on Odetta Holmes, who was introduced in the section of the novel named "The Lady of Shadows".The fifth volume ("The Sailor") focused on Jake Chambers, who survived his original fate thanks to a change in the timeline (as shown in the section of the novel named "The Pusher") and resultantly struggled to find a way to return to Mid-World (as depicted in the first half of "").