The Wounded Land: A Dark Fantasy Adventure Featuring a Legendary Anti-Hero: Book 1
Author(s): Stephen Donaldson (Author)
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Publication Date: 8 Aug. 2019
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 466 pages
ISBN-10: 0008287422
ISBN-13: 9780008287429
Book Description
‘Comparable to Tolkien at his best’ WASHINGTON POST
Returning millions of readers to the Land and continuing the epic story of the anti-hero fated to be its saviour, THE SECOND CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT secured Stephen Donaldson’s reputation as a master of modern fantasy.
For ten years, Thomas Covenant has set the conflicts of the Land behind him. But thousands of years have passed in the Land and the creeping evil of Lord Foul has grown so strong that its influence is felt even in our own world.
Accompanied by doctor Linden Avery, Covenant returns. Together, they find themselves in a deadly struggle to control not only the spread of Foul’s corruption but also the devastating power of Covenant’s own magic.
Editorial Reviews
Review
JOHN W. CAMPBELL AND BRITISH FANTASY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
‘The Thomas Covenant saga is a remarkable acheivement which will certainly find a place on the small list of all true classics’
WASHINGTON POST
‘Something entirely out of the ordinary … you’ll want to go straight through Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War and The Power that Preserves at one sitting’
THE TIMES
‘An irresistible epic … imagination, heroism, excitement, made all the more real by Donaldson’s deft handling of the rich history of the Land’
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
Book Description
A Dark Fantasy Adventure Featuring a Legendary Anti-Hero
From the Back Cover
‘Comparable to Tolkien at his best’ WASHINGTON POST
About the Author
Stephen Donaldson was born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. Between the ages of three and sixteen he lived in India, where his father, an orthopaedic surgeon, worked with leprosy sufferers. This inspired his fictional character, Thomas Covenant.
Donaldson served two years as a conscientious objector doing hospital work in Akron, then attended Kent State University, where he received his M.A. in English in 1971. He now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.