The Illearth War: Book 2 (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) - Softcover

Donaldson, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006152465 ISBN 13: 9780006152460

Publisher: HarperVoyager, 1996

Synopsis

This story features the further adventures of Thomas Covenant which began in "Lord Foul's Bane". Forty years have passed, and Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the land, has moved to fulfil his prophecy of doom. In desperation Lord Elena turns to Covenant and the white gold magic of his ring.

About this title

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.

From the Back Cover

VOLUME TWO IN THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT, THE UNBELIEVER.

Since its first publication in 1977, Stephen Donaldson's bestselling 'Thomas Covenant' trilogy has become an indisputable classic – acclaimed around the world as the most compelling work of epic fantasy since Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings'.

After scant days in his ‘real’ world, Thomas Covenant found himself summoned once more to the Land. There, forty bitter years had passed while Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the Land, moved to fulfil his prophecy of doom. The Council of Lords found their spells useless, now that Foul the Despiser held the Illearth Stone, ancient source of evil power. High Lord Elena turned in desperation to Covenant and the legendary white gold magic of his ring, but nobody knew how to use the white gold – least of all Thomas Covenant.

“Comparable to Tolkien at his best … a remarkable achievement, which will certainly find a place on the small list of true classics.”
WASHINGTON POST

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperVoyager
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006152465
• ISBN 13: 9780006152460
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576