Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6000 in Books
• Published on: 1993-07-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 1120 pages

Synopsis
This complete "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever" contains the books "Lord Foul's Bane", "The Illearth War" and "The Power that Preserves".

Customer Reviews

best book ever
Having read all the other reviews i`ll keep this short. In my opinion a book is good if you read it all the way through, very good if you feel that you should recommend it, great if you are still thinking about it 24 hours after finishing it. I first read these books in 1977, and have never stopped thinking about them since. Any other book i read is compared to this,(feist,jordan or eddings)and while they are all great they just don`t quite match. I once started reading LOTR and got bored after the first few chapters. I`ll try again but i don`t expect it will ever come up to the expectations i now demand. Thank you Mr Donaldson.

intresting hero?
Thomas Covenant leper and hero? Leper certainly, hero, well that is for the reader to find out.
I must say that i did find this a little hard going at first, the form of speach in the other world took a bit getting used to, but not being one to give up on a book easily i soon fell into the flow of it.
definately a must to have all three volumes to read in succession as it would be very easy to lose the thread of the underlying story.
Thomas Covenant trying to cope with the life of a leper, alone and despised in his own world is transported to another to hopefully become the savior of the land. As with all fantasy it is not that simple. used as a pawn by both sides good and evil, and battling with his own need to survive through torment and guilt he is expected to be the weilder of the one magic that can defeat lord foul saving the land and its inhabitants to boot. Oh and dont forget he's a leper.
Very well written and one of the most intriguing books i have read in a while.

A magical journey you will not forget!
I read 'Lord Foul's Bane' a while ago but it still lingers around the peripheral of my consciousness. While the story is set in a world of fantasy strands of universal truth weave in and out of the various scenes.

Donaldson has the ability to pour magic from his pen with his descriptive imagery in a way that brings fantastical scenes to reality in the reader's mind.

I learnt many lessons of what it is to be a frail human in this world of trials and that even the weakest of us can be a hero, even if a reluctant one to start with. The tale causes me to dig deep within myself as Thomas Covenant walks invisibly by my side reminding me of me in various situations. It causes me to be strong when I remember the incredible things he achieved at times, despite his draw backs.

It's a motivating book and a compelling one; I just ordered 'The Illearth War' and shall be watching out for the post each morning eagerly until it arrives!