Stephen R Donaldson
Thomas Covenant is a leper, a bitter and solitary pariah who is mystically transported to another Earth where time moves differently than ours, one in which magic takes many forms. The Land is threatened by many evils, the most immediate of which is a maddened Cavewight whose subterranean excavations have unearthed the ancient and puissant Staff of Law.
More dangerous to the free people of the Land is the Gray Slayer, Lord Foul, the Despiser,
...After scant days in his "real" world, Thomas Covenant finds himself again summoned to a strange world of magic and Earthpower. There, forty bitter years have passed, while Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the Land, moves to fulfill his prophecy of doom—his countless minions are already on the march, cutting a devastating swath of destruction across the Land.
The Council of Lords find their spells useless, however, now that Foul the Despiser
..."I want you to go back to the Land. To Revelstone. And stop the Clave. Put out the Sunbane. If you do that, the Sunbane'll slow down. Maybe it'll even recede. That'll give us time to look for a better answer."
Thomas Covenant was shocked by Linden Avery's demand; but he realized that, despite their awful failure on The Isle of The One Tree, there was no alternative but to return and fight. Mhoram had warned him: "In the end, you must return
...9) The One Tree
"...I'm going to leave the Land—try to find the One Tree. So I can replace the Staff of Law. I don't know what else to do," Covenant said. "I don't know how long I'm going to be gone, and every day they kill more people. Somebody has to stop them."
Thus Thomas Covenant, accompanied by Linden Avery, begins his search for the One Tree aboard the giantship Starfare's Gem. Armed with the knowledge given to him in Andelain by his trusted
...10) The Wounded Land
Four thousand years have passed since Covenant first freed the Land from the devastating grip of Lord Foul and his minions. The monstrous force of Evil has regained its power, once again warping the very fabric and balance of the Land. Armed with his stunning white gold, wild magic, Covenant must battle not only terrifying external forces but his own capacity for despair and devastation. His quest to save the Land from ultimate ruin is as exciting
...Twice before, Thomas Covenant had been summoned to The Land, the strange otherworldly realm where magic worked and his leprosy vanished. Twice before, he'd been dragged reluctantly into conflict against Lord Foul's minions, with disastrous consequences for everyone around him. Now, Covenant is back.
In a land blasted by war and drowning in despair, Covenant is the only hope against Foul's imminent triumph. Yet in order to win he must stand
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