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	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main character is Thomas Covenant, a cynical writer afflicted with leprosy, shunned and despised by society, who is destined to become the heroic saviour of an alternate world - or, perhaps, only of his own sanity.
		Linden does, reluctantly, and finds that Covenant's estranged wife has returned to him, but that she is under the influence of a cult of worshippers of Lord Foul, who has found a way to exert his influence in Covenant's world.
		Covenant sets out to fashion a new Staff of Law; his party is strengthened by a group of Haruchai, the descendants of the race which formerly served the Land as the Bloodguard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant,_the_Unbeliever (3443 words)

	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
		Thomas Covenant, a best-selling author, is deserted by his wife and shunned by the people of his hometown when he is diagnosed with leprosy.
		Kidnapped by Ravers, Covenant is able to confront Elena and use the power of his white gold ring to dismiss her ghost, although this results in the destruction of the Staff of Law.
		Covenant, still unwilling to fully accept the Land, choses the latter and awakes in his hospital bed, weakened from his physical trauma, still afflicted with his disease, but happy to be alive.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant.php (3572 words)

	The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
		It has been 10 years since Thomas Covenant was last summoned to The Land to assist the Lords of The Land in their battle against Lord Foul.
		Covenant decides to journey to Revelstone, the former Lords’ keep, to determine if the Clave, strange governing body that manipulates the Sunbane, is acting for the good of the people.
		Covenant feels the only hope of redemption for The Land is to forge a new staff and restore the laws of nature that were broken when the original staff was destroyed.
	www.futurefiction.com /the_second_chronicles_of_thomas_covenant.htm (988 words)

	The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Summary
		From his stringent survival conditioning, Covenant is convinced that a cure is impossible, so he concludes that the land of Illearth, ((Sick Earth) itself is a figment of his imagination while his minds is affected by his disease.
		Covenant proves to be a reluctant hero, and he makes terrible mistakes.
		The second is marred slightly in that Covenant returns to a corrupted land (Lord Foul having risen again), with a friend from his own World, Linden Avery.
	www.shvoong.com /books/fantasy/129234-chronicles-thomas-covenant-the-unbeliever (550 words)

	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
		Covenant is convinced The Land is a dream after he is treated with a mysterious substance called "hurtloam" and his damaged nerves begin to heal.
		Thomas Covenant has only been back in the "real" world less than two weeks when he is summoned to The Land once again.
		Covenant finds that Lord Foul's armies are on the march again and that the Lords and their armies are besieged in their keep.
	www.futurefiction.com /the_chronicles_of_thomas_covenant.htm (993 words)

	Amazon.de: The Runes of the Earth (Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant): English Books: Stephen R. Donaldson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Six fantasy novels featuring Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever appeared between 1977 and 1983, but Donaldson shows that his epic series still has the power to surprise in this richly imagined start of a final quartet.
		Covenant died at the end of White Gold Wielder (1983), and at this novel's outset so does his lover, Linden Avery, in a violent confrontation with Joan and Roger Covenant as they kidnap her son, Jeremiah.
		But when Roger Covenant suddenly turns up to take his mother home and Linden's son starts showing strange signs of attachment to the Land, the peace of every-day life is shattered.
	www.amazon.de /Runes-Earth-Chronicles-Thomas-Covenant/dp/0399152326 (1251 words)

	Amazon.com: White Gold Wielder (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Book 3): Books: Stephen R. Donaldson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Thomas Covenant knew that despite his failure on the Isle of The One Tree, he had to return to the Land and fight.
		And some readers are turned off and despise the leper Thomas Covenant because of his actions whom mysteriously arrives at a alternate reality aptly called simply The Land, whether real, imagined, hallucinated, or dreamt is a question that may or may not be answered.
		TCoTC is quite biblical in that sense but not expounding age old religious stories and principals and spiritualities of course.These books discombobulates the mind, with the wide range of fluent implications and messages.
	www.amazon.com /Wielder-Second-Chronicles-Thomas-Covenant/dp/0345348702 (2360 words)

	Rambles: Stephen R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The final chapter in the saga of Thomas Covenant, one of the most controversial heroes in fantasy literature, draws to a close with the first of four books in The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: The Runes of the Earth.
		Avery, who has the white-gold ring that was Covenant's, is now a doctor at a mental hospital in the town where Covenant lived, a place that treats many of the emotionally shell-shocked members of the cult that killed Covenant and drove his fragile-minded wife Joan insane.
		She is also an adoptive mother to a teenage boy called Jeremiah, whose mind and body (he was left with only half of his hand after a fire) were severely damaged by the fanatics of the cult.
	www.rambles.net /donaldson_runes04.html (784 words)

	Overview of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
		The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever are a series of fantasy novels of tremendous scope and a psychological depth never before attempted.
		The Third Chronicles are a tetralogy -- The Runes of the Earth, Fatal Revenant, Shall Pass Utterly, and The Last Dark -- that are currently being written.
		Thomas Covenant, a nondescript man whose wife and son have fled after he is diagnosed with leprosy, is mystically and unwillingly transported to the Land in a time of crisis when Lord Foul's plans approach their time of fruition.
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	The Illearth War: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book Two (Stephen R. Donaldson) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		While Covenant is on a journey to seek a way to defeat Foul, Troy is finding a strategy to defeat Foul's armies.
		Meanwhile, Covenant is still caught between his hatred of himself, his love for the Land, and his Unbelief of the Land's existence.
		In short, Thomas Covenant doesn't know what he's doing, but he is still in there trying.
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	Chronicles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The plural of chronicle, a recording of events
		The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, an epic fantasy series by Stephen R. Donaldson
		Chronicles (magazine), a paleoconservative magazine from the Rockford Institute
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chronicles (142 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: "Wounded Land", "One Tree" and "White Gold Wielder": Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As these are the second chronicles I would strongly recommend to read the "First Chronicles of Thomas Convenant" first.
		If this statement was generally the case, the "Thomas Covenant", is the grown up version, the adult treatment and a natural progression from those two series.
		There a useful comparisons to be made between Lord of the Rings and Thomas Covenant, though TC doesn't have the wealth of lore and the rich history of LOTR.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Second-Chronicles-Thomas-Covenant-Wounded/dp/000647330X (2111 words)

	Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Thomas Covenant is not just the first, but also the best anti-hero (perhaps Unhero would be more fitting) I have ever encountered.
		The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant struck me as a kind of chrome plated, shallow American pastiche of a fantasy world created for the money as opposed to any real artistic drive.
		However I felt that as a cornerstone event, fundamental to the entire structure of the saga and to the construction of Covenant's character it was brilliant.
	www.thesustainablevillage.com /awrbooks/html/Discussions/ChroniclesThomasDisc.html (1090 words)

	Rambles: Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
		Thomas Covenant was once a happy, well-adjusted young writer who developed an unfortunate case of leprosy.
		After receiving initial care at a facility, where he lost two fingers to the disease, Covenant lives the life of a pariah, his wife having taken their only son to protect him from the disease, the townspeople shunning him as he lives out his days on a farm called, oddly enough, Haven.
		The Land is in perpetual winter as Covenant and his friend, Foamfollower, journey to the very heart of Foul's dominion to try and defeat the evil lord, rescue Elena's soul and set matters to right once again in the Land.
	www.rambles.net /donaldson_cov1.html (886 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: "Lord Foul's Bane", "Illearth War" and "Power That ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Thomas Covenant is a writer struck down by leprosy that he fails to spot in time.
		This tension between Covenant's unbelief and the Land around him is the dilemma on which these magnificent tales turn.
		Thomas Covenant didn't merely cross into some magic-ridden world locked into the Middle Ages--he crossed over into a vibrant and living place: The Land.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Chronicles-Thomas-Covenant-Unbeliever-Preserves/dp/0006473296 (2165 words)

	Amazon.com: The Illearth War: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book Two: Books: Stephen R. Donaldson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Continuing the story from Lord Foul's Bane, the reluctant anti-hero leper Thomas Covenant returns to the mysterious Land, where he is again called upon to save it even as he must deny its existence to try and maintain his sanity.
		As an anti-hero Thomas Covenant is definately a success--there is no cliched acceptance of the need of the land and a wholehearted assumption of the burden of the hero.
		Covenant wants nothing more than to preserve his sanity (constantly endangered by the dream of The Land and its healing powers--"nerves don't regenerate" is his mantra) and escape back to reality, no matter how hellish it is.
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	The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
		It may have had something to do with the fact the the main character, Thomas Covenant, died in the final book of "The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant".
		It's been years since I'd read the original "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever" and the follow-ups; even then, I had read them in the library, so I didn't have the originals to fall back on.
		It has been ten years since Linden Avery, the Chosen and companion to Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, returned from the Land after the defeat of Lord Foul the Depiser and the death of Covenant.
	members.cox.net /storytellersarchivist/lastchroniclesofcovenant.html (811 words)

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		Appearing in 1977 it attained levels of coherence and epic grandeur not seen in fantasy since Tolkien.
		Thomas Covenant, a writer, having finally had his first book accepted for publishing, learns that he has Leprosy.
		His wife, Joan, barely stopping to tell Thomas, takes their son, Roger, and leaves.
	hem.spray.se /phenden/first_chronicles.htm (154 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Lord Foul's Bane, by Stephen R. Donaldson, Mass Market Paperback, REISSUE
		He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself.
		The fact that Covenant doesn't quite believe in himself and that he is not a hero born and bred may be helping him to find a readership among Americans, who are also, perhaps, a bit dubious about their taste in fantasy."
		Thomas Covenant starts out with a ring made of white gold and if you take out the word 'white', you have something very similar to Tolkien.
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	Amazon.com: Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1): Books: Stephen R. Donaldson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Covenant cannot be the messianic figure that is required of him in the "fantasy" sequences, without complete invalidation of the tensions between despair and hope which drive the novels.
		Thomas Covenant is that someone because of his inexcusable hatred of himself and his undying motto of "DON'T TOUCH ME!" This is what makes the book captivating.
		Thomas Covenant is a leper whose wife divorced him and took their one year old son with her.
	www.amazon.com /Fouls-Chronicles-Thomas-Covenant-Unbeliever/dp/0345348656 (3677 words)

	Chronicles of Thomas Covenant quiz -- free game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Thomas Covenant is believed by some in The Land to be a reincarnation or representative of which legendary hero of The Land?
		When Covenant meets his daughter for the first time, she is...
		Covenant's wedding ring is made of this metal, said to have special powers because it is from outside the Arch of Time.
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	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - Veunad's Corner Bookstore - millions of books, deep discounts - ...
		Thomas Covenant found himself once again summoned to the Land.
		From The Publisher: Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery begin their search for the One Tree that is to be the salvation of the Land.
		From The Publisher: Thomas Covenant knew that despite his failure on the Isle of The One Tree, he had to return to the Land and fight.
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	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - The Runes of the Earth, Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Series #1
		Alone and despairing, Thomas Covenant falls and, while unconscious, is transported to a fantastic world in which a battle for the soul of the land is being waged.
		At the end of the sixth book, Covenant is killed, both in the real world and in the Land, as his companion, Linden Avery, looks on in horror.
		She had thought that she would never again be summoned to the Land-nor ever again see her beloved Thomas Covenant.
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	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: The Illearth War, by Stephen R. Donaldson, Mass Market Paperback, REISSUE
		Covenant in my opinion is just the catalyst for the true heros of the land.
		Read this book and you will see that the real heros are the ordinary people who as an army go to extraordinary levels of courage and endurance to protect their land from the evil that besets it.
		Covenant just happens to be in the right place at the wrong time for his self destructive contributions.
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	eBay - thomas covenant ..., Fiction Books, Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The 1st and 2nd Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Hardback
		Stephen Donaldson "All 6 CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT"
		Thomas Covenant 3 HC/DJ Stephen Donaldson Wounded Land
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	Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, The - Stephen Donaldson - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		A mixtutre of the real world and fantasy that he kept being transported to and from, a fight between good and evil with lots of different creatures that turn up to get the blood racing.
		Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, The - Stephen Donaldson : The Lord of The Rings for Adults?
		Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, The - Stephen Donaldson : SF as it aught to be
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	Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson Book Reviews
		Donaldson could have written books on the MINOR characters in his stories because they were all so intermingled in the plot that they all had huge pieces of history that he was able to tie into every situation.
		The Land, the place Thomas Covenant was brought to, is probably the most intricate Fantasy 'place' I've ever encountered in my reading.
		Covenant's adventures take him all over the map given to you in the front of the books AND beyond.
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	The Illearth War: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book Two - Books
		The second volume in the epic Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.
		BUT, despite all of this, I dare to characterize his Thomas Covenant novels in one word--bleak.
		The main character, Thomas, is bitter, angry, and is marked by both a world-weariness and a refusal to adapt or even accept the world he has been thrown into.
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