Stephen Donaldson - Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant 1 - 3
Condition of Item(s):
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GOOD to Excellent
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ISBN (s):
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9780441013043 & 9780441020812
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Copyright
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2004 & 2011
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Marked Price:
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$16 & $17
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Dimension:
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9 x 6 x 1 Inches +/-
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Type:
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Soft cover
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Weight:
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2 Lb’s 9 oz +/1
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Lot:
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MINE- B53
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The Ruins of the Earth
"Will certainly find a place on the small list of true classics."—The Washington Post Book World
Stephen R. Donaldson set a literary landmark with his New York Times bestselling series the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. "Resonating with echoes of both Tolkien and Philip K. Dick" (Publishers Weekly), the groundbreaking epic transformed fantasy to become a modern classic.
Thomas Covenant lost everything. Abandoned by his wife and child, sick and alone, he was transported while unconscious to a magical, dreamlike world called the Land. Convinced it was all a delusion, Covenant was christened the Unbeliever by the Land's inhabitants—but gave his life to save this newfound world he came to regard as precious.
Ten years after Covenant's death, Linden Avery still mourns for her beloved companion. But a violent confrontation with Covenant's son, who is doing the evil Lord Foul's bidding, forces her into the Land, where a dark malevolence is about to unmake the laws of nature—and of life and death. It is here that she comes upon Esmer, son of the Dancers of the Sea, a creature of strange powers who draws Linden backward through time to witness Thomas Covenant's return to life, and to reinvent the mysterious, dangerous, and violent history of the Land.
"The most original fantasy since The Lord of the Rings."
—Time Out
"The most important and original work of epic fantasy after Tolkien."—SF Site
Fatal Revenant
Be cautious of love. It misleads. There is a glamour upon it which binds the heart to destruction...
Linden Avery, who loved Thomas Covenant and watched him A die, has returned to the Land in search of her kidnapped son, ~f Jeremiah. As Fatal Revenant begins, Linden, watching from the $. battlements of Revelstone, sees Jeremiah and Covenant himself, v apparently very much alive. Linden has heard his voice in her dreams, has heard him urge her on—"Linden, find me." But the ( prospect of being reunited with Thomas Covenant drives her to her knees in shock and disbelief.
Here in the Land, Jeremiah is healed of the mental condition that kept him mute and unresponsive for so many years. He is ^ full of life, and devoted to Covenant. But Covenant is strangely changed: he no longer seems like the man she adored. And yet he says he has a plan—a plan that will save the Land as well as both Linden and Jeremiah—but he refuses to explain. Instead _>' of trying to win her trust, he insists that he needs her help. He j is Thomas Covenant. How can she make any choice except to ' aid him? ^\ '••
But is he still the man who twice saved the Land, or has he been twisted by death and time into something darker? Fighting for her life against new enemies and old, across appalling distances, Linden Avery is inexorably forced toward a terrible leap of faith that could cost her everything, including Covenant and her son.
Praise for the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
"Will certainly find a place on the small list of true classics." —The Washington Post Book World
"Covenant is Donaldson's genius." —The Village Voice
Against All Things Ending
Attempts must be made, even when there can be no hope. And betimes some wonder is wrought to redeem us ...
Thomas Covenant is alive again, restored to his mortal body by the unimaginable combined power of his own white gold ring, Linden Avery's /Staff of Law, and High Lord Loric's ancient dagger. His resurrection is Linden's defiant act of love, despite warnings from mortals and immortals that unleashing this much power would destroy the world. She brought his spirit back from its prison in the Arch of Time, and restored his slain body, so precious to her, his wild white hair like a flame, his face now etched with lines of J pain. Thomas Covenant is returned to her.
But the truth is inescapable: The thunderclap of power from Linden's action has awakened the Worm of the World's Lnd, and all of them, and the Land itself, are forfeit to its devouring. If they have any chance to save the Land, it will come from unlikely sources—including the mysterious boy Jeremiah, Linden's adopted son, whose secrets arc only beginning to come to light. And it will come from sacrifices, some freely offered by friends who have traveled far and trusted much, and some taken by force that can be recognized only later as compassion.
Dimly, but holding on to whatever hope leaves behind when hope itself has failed, Linden clings to one prophecy: You would not be driven by mistaken love lo bring aboui the end of all things.
"A strong thriller."—MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
"Maintains the high standards of the first two volumes . . .
Donaldson remains a romantic who believes in lovers who will
risk all for each other."—BOOKLIST
PRAISE FOR THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT
"Will certainly find a place on the small list of true classics." —THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
"Covenant is Donaldson's genius."—THE VILLAGE VOICE
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