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Plot summary. Several weeks after returning to his world from The Land, the leper Thomas Covenant is taking a phone call from his ex-wife Joan when he falls and hits his head, waking to find himself back in the Land, in the chamber of the Council of Lords of Revelstone.
- Stephen R. Donaldson
- 1977
Rather than waging an all-out war, the Council sends four Lords and a band of forty warriors to attempt to infiltrate Drool's lair at Mount Thunder. Led by High Lord Prothall, the Lords' party sets out eastward.
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The Illearth War is the second book of the first trilogy of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant fantasy series written by Stephen R. Donaldson. It is followed by The Power that Preserves.
Dedication
For Dr. James R. Donaldson, M.D., whose life expressed compassion and commitment more eloquently than any words and To Robyn Butler who has given her best.
Several weeks after returning to his world from The Land, the leperThomas Covenant is taking a phone call from his ex-wife Joan when he falls and hits his head, waking to find himself in the chamber of the Council of Lords of Revelstone. Angered by the fact that he has been transported away from "reality", Covenant nevertheless believes he is once ...
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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- December 12, 1978
- The Illearth War
Feb 2, 2016 · In Lord Foul’s Bane Covenant took the gift of the Land — the healing of his leprosy — and betrayed it with his first action, raping Lena. Later, during the quest for the Staff of Law he killed several cavewights. Now, burdened by guilt, for him the only action is inaction. “That’s sophistry.”.
The Illearth War nevertheless is an improvement upon Lord Foul’s Bane. While readers must deal with prolonged emotional extemporizing in the middle section, the opening and conclusion grab the reader and take the story in unexpected directions — as Lord Foul’s Bane did not.
Sep 1, 1978 · The Illearth War is a terrific follow up to the first book in the trilogy, still with one of the great tragic heroes in the genre. This book introduces something -- and someone -- new. Hile Troy, the new leader of the Lords' army, is a man who claims to be from Covenant's world.
Thomas Covenant finds himself once again summoned to the Land. The Council of Lords needed him to move against Foul the Despiser who holds the Illearth Stone, ancient source of evil power. But although Thomas Covenant has the legendary ring, he doesn't know how to use its strength, and risks losing everything...
