The Illearth War (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever)

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 Calc Series A (group): Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Number of Words in Auth: 3 Formats : EPUB ABook : E_Only Title Parms B to H : - - - - - - Title First Parm : Illearth War Calc ESI Part 3 : 03 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 02 Custom Series : SIPY.Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.Scifan.2 of 3._.ICBF Enter Series Index : 02 of 03 Record Notes : Perm IE IC 09 01 14 Calc Series Group : Chronicles of Thomas Covenant First Tag : Covenant; Thomas (Fictitious character), English Fiction, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction, General, Leprosy Test Text Series Index: 2 Raw Title : Illearth War Number Of Formats : 1 Title Length : 12 Title Parm A : Illearth War Record ID : 2300 Enter New Series (Calced): Serified_E.Chronicles of T. C..Scifan.02 of 03._.ICBF ES Name : Chronicles of T. C. Calc Genre : Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Calc New Series : Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.... Series Parm B : 2 Series Parm A : Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Test Search : Illearth War / Stephen R. Donaldson Number of Authors : 1 Title Pre Pound : Illearth War ES Suffix : _ Title After First Parm: Illearth War EBook : Have Uncomma Author : Stephen R. Donaldson ES Genre : Scifan Compare Author : eq ES Group : Serified_E Test Compare Series to Entered: gt ES Cover Quality : ICBF Quick Search : Stephen R. Donaldson Chronicles of T. C. Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : isbn:9780006152460 Single Author : Stephen R. Donaldson Sorted Author by LN, FN: Donaldson, Stephen R. Num of Aut : 1 Title Pre Parend : Illearth War Title Pre Colon : Illearth War Author Parm A : Stephen R. Donaldson Number of Author Names: 3 Calc ESI Combined : 02 of 190 From back cover Del Rey paperback September 1979: WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME After scant days in his "real" world, Thomas Covenant found himself again summoned to the Land -- the strange world of magic and earthpower. There forty bitter years had passed while Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the Land, moved to fulfill his prophecy of doom. Foul's countless minions, led by a Giant Raver, were already on the march of destruction. They were opposed only by the untried war skill of Hile Troy, blind and bitter exile from "reality." 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 Covenant was still the Unbeliever, unable to believe that the Land was more than illusion. And nobody knew how to use the white gold -- least of all, Thomas Covenant. Twice before Thomas Covenant had been summoned to the strange other-world where magic worked. Twice before he had been forced to join with the Lords of Revelstone in their war against Lord Foul, the ancient enemy of the Land. Now he was back. This time the Lords of Revelstone were desperate. Without hope, Covenant set out to confront the might of the enemy, as Lord Foul grew more powerful with every defeat for the Land 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. BY the time Thomas Covenant reached his house the burden of what had happened to him had already become intolerable.