The Illearth War
The second volume in the epic Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.Thomas Covenant found himself once again summoned to the Land. The Council of Lords needed him to move against Foul the Despiser who held the Illearth Stone, ancient source of evil power. But although Thomas Covenant held...
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The second volume in the epic Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.Thomas Covenant found himself once again summoned to the Land. The Council of Lords needed him to move against Foul the Despiser who held the Illearth Stone, ancient source of evil power. But although Thomas Covenant held the legendary ring, he didn't know how to use its strength, and risked losing everything....
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780345348661 (0345348664)
ASIN: 345348664
Publish date: November 1989
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 527
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Epic Fantasy,
Literature,
Epic,
High Fantasy,
American,
Speculative Fiction,
Dark Fantasy
Series: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (#2)
To all those who hated Lord Foul's Bane -- hark! and be redeemed. Thomas Covenant gets yanked back into the Land, where 40 years have passed for its people, but only days for him. In his absence, Foul has amassed an immense army and is preparing to march. The Lords have learned virtually nothing new...
[These notes were made in 1984:]. The middle book of a trilogy is always the one to watch - can it have some sort of resolution while deferring finality to the last volume? In this case, yes - the War is won, but the battle continues... A curiously uneasy relationship develops between Covenant (st...