Evil Ground begins with Roland heading towards the Desatoya Mountains, just before the events that take place in The Little Sisters of Eluria. Roland makes camp, finding bacon bits in a previous fire. He knows not if this was left by The Man in Black or just a hobo. Roland burns some devil grass, and then cooks a rabbit. He then falls asleep. Little does Roland know, a Stone Circle is near by, with the sacrafice of a hobo on it's altar. The crows are feasting on the hobo's corpse, while the hobo's spirit feasts on the bones of Roland's dinner.