Against All Things Ending, Stephen R. Donaldson
Against All Things Ending, Stephen R. Donaldson
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Against All Things Ending

Author: Stephen R. Donaldson

Narrator: Tim Gerard Reynolds

Unabridged: 33 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/08/2011

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

The long-awaited sequel to The Runes of the Earth and Fatal Revenant returns readers to the Land—and unravels some of the mysteries haunting Covenant and Linden Avery.

Thomas Covenant is alive again, restored to his mortal body by the unimaginable combined force of his own white gold ring, Linden Avery’s Staff of Law, and the ancient dagger called High Loric’s krill. His resurrection is Linden’s defiant act of love, despite warnings from mortals and immortals that unleashing this much power would destroy the world. She brought his spirit back from its prison in the Arch of Time, and revived his slain body, so that Covenant lies whole on the cool grass, and the world seems at peace. But the truth is inescapable: The thunderclap of power has awakened the Worm of the World’s End, and all of them, and the Land itself, are forfeit to its devouring. If they have any chance to save the Land, it will come from unlikely sources—including the mysterious boy Jeremiah, Linden’s adopted son, whose secrets are only beginning to come to light.

About Stephen R. Donaldson

Stephen R. Donaldson is the author of the six volumes of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, a landmark in modern fantasy. Every volume, beginning with Lord Foul's Bane in 1977, has been an international bestseller. Donaldson returned to the series with The Runes of the Earth in 2004. He lives in New Mexico.


Reviews

Make no mistake: among all the Thomas Covenant books (of which this is the 9th, and one more to come ~2013), this is the most difficult to read. Not for the prose or style (which has been called, by various people, "Epic," "Operatic," and "too d***ed wordy,") nor for the vocabulary (even the most as......more

Goodreads review by hotsake

3.75/5 Much Much Much better than the previous book even though this was the epitome of a middle book. Linden while still seriously irritating is balanced by Thomas Covenant even though he was a shadow of his former self. The book is broken into four parts, the first being over 100 pages where nothin......more

Goodreads review by Terence

Let’s start off with my recommendation anent Against All Things Ending: If you have read Stephen R. Donaldson and loathe him (and there are a few) then this book will not cure you of that malady. In fact it will probably solidify your animus against the author. If you’ve never read Donaldson but hav......more

Goodreads review by Travis

This is the penultimate book in the decade-spanning Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever, which is considered by a good many to be among the greatest fantasies ever written. The titular character, as you may know, is a bestselling-novelist, a divorcee, and a leper. And he's not on Earth anymore......more