The Power That Preserves: The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the concluding volume of Stephen Donaldson's landmark Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever trilogy, a broken and reluctant hero is thrust once more into a dying world that desperately needs him. Thomas Covenant — a leper ostracised by society, a man who refuses to believe in the impossible Land he has been summoned to — must finally confront Lord Foul the Despiser in a cataclysmic final battle, even as the Land crumbles under a relentless supernatural winter and its last defenders crumble with it. The stakes are nothing less than the total annihilation of everything beautiful and alive, and Covenant's only weapon is a power he dares not use. Donaldson constructs a fantasy of rare moral complexity, refusing the comfortable certainties of traditional epic storytelling and instead presenting a protagonist defined by self-loathing, doubt, and an almost perverse resistance to heroism. Published to widespread critical acclaim and hailed as comparable to Tolkien at his best, this trilogy-closer illustrates why Donaldson's work permanently altered the landscape of modern fantasy literature. Rich in philosophical tension and suffused with a bittersweet grandeur, The Power That Preserves leaves the reader asking a question that lingers long after the final page: can a man who believes in nothing save everything?
Author: Stephen Donaldson
Format: Paperback
Genre: Fantasy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the concluding volume of Stephen Donaldson's landmark Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever trilogy, a broken and reluctant hero is thrust once more into a dying world that desperately needs him. Thomas Covenant — a leper ostracised by society, a man who refuses to believe in the impossible Land he has been summoned to — must finally confront Lord Foul the Despiser in a cataclysmic final battle, even as the Land crumbles under a relentless supernatural winter and its last defenders crumble with it. The stakes are nothing less than the total annihilation of everything beautiful and alive, and Covenant's only weapon is a power he dares not use. Donaldson constructs a fantasy of rare moral complexity, refusing the comfortable certainties of traditional epic storytelling and instead presenting a protagonist defined by self-loathing, doubt, and an almost perverse resistance to heroism. Published to widespread critical acclaim and hailed as comparable to Tolkien at his best, this trilogy-closer illustrates why Donaldson's work permanently altered the landscape of modern fantasy literature. Rich in philosophical tension and suffused with a bittersweet grandeur, The Power That Preserves leaves the reader asking a question that lingers long after the final page: can a man who believes in nothing save everything?