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Stephen Donaldson returns to the internationally bestselling story of Thomas Covenant and The Land in this awesome, cataclysmic adventure.
Desperate for help to find her adopted son, Jeremiah, Linden Avery has resurrected Thomas Covenant in a cataclysmic exertion of Earthpower and wild magic. But the consequences of her efforts are more terrible than she could have imagined.
Sorcery on that scale has awakened the Worm of the World's End: the ultimate end of all Time and therefore of all life, has been set in motion. The stress of reincarnation so many centuries after his death has fractured Covenant's mind and he cannot tell Linden where to find her son.
Now, plunged to depths of desperation and despair for which she is entirely unprepared, Linden seeks radical responses to the dilemmas she has created. Searching for Jeremiah and accompanied only by a few friends and allies she takes chances that threaten her sanity, forcing her to confront the Land's most fearsome secrets.
Author Biography
Stephen Donaldson lived in India for 13 years with his father, a medical missionary, who worked extensively with lepers; it was here that he conceived the character of Thomas Covenant. He was awarded the John W. Campbell Award as Best Writer of the Year for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever, which, with the sequel trilogy, became instant bestsellers. He is also the author of the fantasy duology ‘Mordant’s Need', the SF epic quintet ‘The Gap’, and a number of mysteries written under the pseudonym Reed Stephens. He won the World Fantasy Award in 2000.
Donaldson steps up to the plate again with the third part of this epic work. The odds against any survival of the Land, Earth or Time itself at the start of this volume was close to nil and it remains difficult to see at the end, but some light is emerging as the relationships become clearer, key adversaries are overcome and new alliances are formed with unlikely beings. Not all of the party survive this volume as their roles are played out and when the group divides the dangers each faces becomes greater. Very tense and gripping.
At over 700 pages this is a substantial read but it won't take you long and will leave you craving for the fourth and final volume.
Covenant has died before so are these Last Chronicles the last we will see of him- Readers of this book will share my hope that the Land survives and some vestige of Covenant, Linden or Jeremiah can be called again.
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