num_pages: 360
description: In 1977, Stephen Donaldson changed the face of epic fantasy, with the publication of THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER. Thomas Covenant is struck down with a disease believed eradicated; he is abandoned by his wife and son and becomes a pariah. Alone and despairing, Covenant falls - and is drawn into a mysterious new world, where gentle people work magic and the earth itself brings healing. He is welcomed as the reincarnation of a legendary saviour, but Covenant refuses to believe. At the end of the sixth book, as Covenant battles to save the world, he is killed - in both worlds - as Dr Linden Avery, his horrified companion, looks on. Now comes the book every fantasy reader has been waiting for. It's ten years later, and Linden Avery thought she would never see the Land, or Covenant, again. But Lord Foul has stolen her adopted son, and is unmaking the very laws of nature. And though she believes Covenant dead, he keeps sending Linden 'Find me', and 'Don't trust me'. The Land is in turmoil, and Lord Foul has plans for them all...
language: English
title: The Runes of the Earth
titlecomplete: The Runes of the Earth (The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #1)
characters: Thomas Covenant
genres: Adventure, Epic, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 7191
series: Thomas Covenant, The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Orion Pub Co