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The Runes Of The Earth

Stephen Donaldson
Read by Anton Lesser

The most important Fantasy Event this century: at long last, the return of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - and on audio!
The CD has a fantastically enlightening, wide-ranging 15-20 minute bonus track interview with Stephen Donaldson (interviewed by another Orion author, Adam Roberts, an expert on the fantasy genre).

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In 1977, Stephen Donaldson changed the face of epic fantasy, with the publication of THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER. Thomas Covenant is struck down with a disease believed eradicated; he is abandoned by his wife and son and becomes a pariah. Alone and despairing, Covenant falls - and is drawn into a mysterious new world, where gentle people work magic and the earth itself brings healing. He is welcomed as the reincarnation of a legendary saviour, but Covenant refuses to believe. At the end of the sixth book, as Covenant battles to save the world, he is killed - in both worlds - as Dr Linden Avery, his horrified companion, looks on. Now comes the book every fantasy reader has been waiting for. It's ten years later, and Linden Avery thought she would never see the Land, or Covenant, again. But Lord Foul has stolen her adopted son, and is unmaking the very laws of nature. And though she believes Covenant dead, he keeps sending Linden messages: 'Find me', and 'Don't trust me'. The Land is in turmoil, and Lord Foul has plans for them all . . .

 

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The Runes Of The Earth

Buy The Runes Of The Earth from Amazon
£16.99
Audio CD
6 CDs
Running Time: 6 hours
Abridged
ISBN-10: 075286971X
ISBN-13: 9780752869711
Publication: March 2005
'the runes of the earth' is also available in paperback format
'the runes of the earth' is also available in tape format
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