The Illearth War (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Book 2) Stephen Donaldson 9780008287412

'Comparable to Tolkien at his best' WASHINGTON POST

Instantly recognised as a modern fantasy classic, Stephen Donaldson's uniquely imaginative and complex THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT, THE UNBELIEVER became a bestselling literary phenomenon that transformed the genre.

Against his will, Thomas Covenant is drawn once again out of our reality and into the strange and magical alternative world known as the Land.

But forty years have passed in the Land since Covenant's last visit - forty years in which the evil Lord Foul has grown in power and built an unstoppable army. Covenant must act fast or abandon the Land to complete destruction.

Stephen Donaldson was born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from the College of Wooster, Ohio in 1968 and went on to receive an MA in English from Kent State University after serving two years as a conscientious objector doing hospital work. He made his publishing debut in 1977 with The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever. This bestselling trilogy was named Best Novel of the Year by the British Fantasy Society and earned the author the John W. Campbell Award as best new writer in 1979. Stephen Donaldson lives in New Mexico.

JOHN W. CAMPBELL AND BRITISH FANTASY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

'The Thomas Covenant saga is a remarkable acheivement which will certainly find a place on the small list of all true classics'
WASHINGTON POST

'Something entirely out of the ordinary ... you'll want to go straight through Lord Foul's Bane, The Illearth War and The Power that Preserves at one sitting'
THE TIMES

'An irresistible epic ... imagination, heroism, excitement, made all the more real by Donaldson's deft handling of the rich history of the Land'
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS