Tet Corporation
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In The Dark Tower series
of novels by Stephen King
, the Tet Corporation was founded by Roland Deschain
and his ka-tet to prevent the destruction of The Rose
by stopping the Sombra Corporation
from purchasing the vacant lot on which the rose grew.
In the novel series, a near infinite number of parallel universes are all held together or ruled from the Dark Tower, an edifice of infinite power. Each reality that was preserved by the Dark Tower contained a manifestation of the Tower itself. In one particular reality (the reality of Earth
, the reality which we inhabit), the incarnation of the Tower is represented by a single red wild rose growing in a vacant lot in Manhattan
. In the novel, an evil corporation
owned by the Crimson King
seeks to destroy and/or dominate our universe by taking possession of the lot and bulldozing over the rose.
To preserve their quest for the actual Tower and save our universe in the process, the hero of the novels, Roland Deschain, used the financial resources of a member of his group (ka-tet), Susannah Dean
-specifically, the dental fortune her father, an inventor, entrusted to her uncle-to purchase the lot under the name of the Tet Corporation. This phantom company bought the lot to protect it from the malefic Sombra Corporation, headed by the Crimson King (Roland's Archenemy) and thus save our dimension of the universe from ultimate destruction. The Tet Corporation built a black skyscraper on the lot without harming or even moving the rose. The skyscraper, located at 2 Hammarskjöld Plaza, was believed by Roland to be the Dark Tower's image in that world, built to protect the rose.
In the seventh and final book of the series, Roland is introduced to the modern-day head of the Tet corporation: Moses Carver's daughter, born after Susannah departed New York for Roland's world. Moses Carver is the last living 'founding father', ceding control to his daughter after the deaths of John Cullum and Aaron Deepneau. The Tet Corporation is revealed to use a mixture of modern technology as well as supernatural, monitoring Roland's progress with a team of trained psychics and even training their own Gunslingers (one of whom is Carver's own daughter). They also review books written by Stephen King, in hopes of finding information that relates to the Dark Tower. In a meeting with Roland, they restore to him the silver cross given to him by Aunt Talitha in The Wastelands (to whom he promised it would be carried with him to the Tower), valuable information regarding his path towards the Dark Tower, and the Stephen King
book Insomnia
.
2 Hammarskjöld Plaza is an actual building upon which an actual Black skyscraper stands, likely the reason Stephen King chose this building to be the location of the rose.
The Dark Tower (series)
The Dark Tower is a series of books written by American author Stephen King, which incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy, science fantasy, horror and western. It describes a "Gunslinger" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaphorical. King...
of novels by Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
, the Tet Corporation was founded by Roland Deschain
Roland Deschain
Roland Deschain of Gilead is a fictional character, the protagonist and antihero of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. He is the son of Steven and Gabrielle Deschain and is descended from a long line of "gunslingers", peacekeepers and diplomats of Roland's society...
and his ka-tet to prevent the destruction of The Rose
The Rose (Dark Tower)
In the Dark Tower series of novels by Stephen King, the Rose takes on many different levels of symbolism.The rose central to the series is a wild rose that grows in a vacant lot in New York City...
by stopping the Sombra Corporation
Sombra Corporation
Sombra Corporation is a fictional megacorporation in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.-Fictional history:Sombra corporation is controlled by the Crimson King. Sombra Corporation rose to power in the late 80s and fully monopolized high-tech R&D and manufacturing for an unknown, but certainly...
from purchasing the vacant lot on which the rose grew.
In the novel series, a near infinite number of parallel universes are all held together or ruled from the Dark Tower, an edifice of infinite power. Each reality that was preserved by the Dark Tower contained a manifestation of the Tower itself. In one particular reality (the reality of Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
, the reality which we inhabit), the incarnation of the Tower is represented by a single red wild rose growing in a vacant lot in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. In the novel, an evil corporation
Evil corporation
An evil corporation is a staple of science fiction , usually a big multinational company which values profits over ethics....
owned by the Crimson King
Crimson King
The Crimson King, also commonly known as Los', is a fictional character created by Stephen King. He is the antagonist in the novel Insomnia the main villain due to a plot twist in Black House and one of the main villains in the latter half of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.-Fictional...
seeks to destroy and/or dominate our universe by taking possession of the lot and bulldozing over the rose.
To preserve their quest for the actual Tower and save our universe in the process, the hero of the novels, Roland Deschain, used the financial resources of a member of his group (ka-tet), Susannah Dean
Susannah Dean
Susannah Odetta Holmes Dean is a fictional character from Stephen King's The Dark Tower series...
-specifically, the dental fortune her father, an inventor, entrusted to her uncle-to purchase the lot under the name of the Tet Corporation. This phantom company bought the lot to protect it from the malefic Sombra Corporation, headed by the Crimson King (Roland's Archenemy) and thus save our dimension of the universe from ultimate destruction. The Tet Corporation built a black skyscraper on the lot without harming or even moving the rose. The skyscraper, located at 2 Hammarskjöld Plaza, was believed by Roland to be the Dark Tower's image in that world, built to protect the rose.
In the seventh and final book of the series, Roland is introduced to the modern-day head of the Tet corporation: Moses Carver's daughter, born after Susannah departed New York for Roland's world. Moses Carver is the last living 'founding father', ceding control to his daughter after the deaths of John Cullum and Aaron Deepneau. The Tet Corporation is revealed to use a mixture of modern technology as well as supernatural, monitoring Roland's progress with a team of trained psychics and even training their own Gunslingers (one of whom is Carver's own daughter). They also review books written by Stephen King, in hopes of finding information that relates to the Dark Tower. In a meeting with Roland, they restore to him the silver cross given to him by Aunt Talitha in The Wastelands (to whom he promised it would be carried with him to the Tower), valuable information regarding his path towards the Dark Tower, and the Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
book Insomnia
Insomnia (novel)
Insomnia is a novel written by Stephen King and first published in 1994. Like It and Dreamcatcher, its setting is the fictional town of Derry, Maine. The original hardcover edition was issued with dust jackets in two complementary designs...
.
2 Hammarskjöld Plaza is an actual building upon which an actual Black skyscraper stands, likely the reason Stephen King chose this building to be the location of the rose.