The characters / Recurring character
Mark Petrie
Mark Petrie is recorded in 4 distinct storys.
Callahan’s Tower recollections explicitly name the Salem’s Lot boy and confrontation at his parents’ house, linking the same Mark across the books.
Stories and supporting passages
Salem's Lot
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‘Hey you! Four-eyes!’ Mark Petrie turned and looked at Richie. His steel-rimmed glasses flashed in the morning sun.
Mark turns toward Richie in the schoolyard.
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
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Roland nodded, thinking this boy sounded more and more like Jake. “What was his name?” “Mark Petrie. I went with him to his house, and with all the considerable power my church affords: the cross, the stole, the holy water, and of course the Bible.
Callahan tells Roland that he accompanied Mark to the Petrie home.
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
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Found himself remembering how he’d confronted Barlow in Mark Petrie’s house, with Mark’s parents lying lifeless on the floor at the vampire’s feet, their skulls crushed and their oh-so-rational brains turned to jelly.
Callahan remembers facing Barlow beside Mark’s murdered parents.
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
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… but— With a sense of déjà vu—and why not, he had lived all this before in the home of a boy named Mark Petrie—Callahan dipped into the open front of his shirt and brought out the cross he wore there. It clicked against the butt of the Ruger and then hung …
Callahan recognizes a repeated confrontation from the Petrie home.