The Illearth War, Stephen R. Donaldson
The Illearth War, Stephen R. Donaldson
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The Illearth War

Author: Stephen R. Donaldson

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 20 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/05/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic

Synopsis

After scant days in his “real” world, Thomas Covenant finds himself again summoned to a strange world of magic and Earthpower. There, forty bitter years have passed, while Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the Land, moves to fulfill his prophecy of doom—his countless minions are already on the march, cutting a devastating swath of destruction across the Land.The Council of Lords find their spells useless, however, now that Foul the Despiser holds the Illearth Stone, the ancient talisman of evil. High Lord Elena turns in desperation to Covenant and the legendary wild magic of his ring, but nobody knows how to use the white gold—least of all Thomas Covenant himself.

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.

About Scott Brick

Scott Brick first began narrating audiobooks in 2000, and after recording almost 400 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named Brick a Golden Voice and “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy.” He has read a number of titles in Frank Herbert’s bestselling Dune series, and he won the 2003 Science Fiction Audie Award for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. Brick has narrated for many popular authors, including Michael Pollan, Joseph Finder, Tom Clancy, and Ayn Rand. He has also won over 40 AudioFile Earphones Awards and the AudioFile award for Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense 2011. In 2007, Brick was named Publishers Weekly’s Narrator of the Year. Brick has performed on film, television and radio. He appeared on stage throughout the United States in productions of Cyrano, Hamlet, Macbeth and other plays. In addition to his acting work, Brick choreographs fight sequences, and was a combatant in films including Romeo and Juliet, The Fantasticks and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He has also been hired by Morgan Freeman to write the screenplay adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 10, 2017

I find myself in the unenviable position of rooting for Lord Foul Bane and his many loathsome minions. Maybe it's just the intentional feature of making all the good guys so perfectly good and forgiving and nonviolent and understanding, but Thomas Covenant DOES NOT DESERVE IT. Therefore, I really wan......more

Goodreads review by Brian on May 25, 2014

To all those who hated Lord Foul's Bane -- hark! and be redeemed. Thomas Covenant gets yanked back into the Land, where 40 years have passed for its people, but only days for him. In his absence, Foul has amassed an immense army and is preparing to march. The Lords have learned virtually nothing new......more

Goodreads review by Nikola on August 29, 2020

Malo po malo Stiven Donaldson se, kao sto sam se i nadao, okrece sebi i sve manje zavisi od Tolkinovih zamisli prilagodjenih sopstvenom delu. Ova knjiga je iz tog razloga mnogo bolja od prve. Takodje karakteri su vise razvijeni i sto je veoma vazno nije prestao da bude okrutan sto se tice njihove su......more

Goodreads review by L on December 04, 2012

Another treasured edition to add to the extensive Thomas Covenant trilogy, that is an indisputable classic within the fantasy genre. As a fan of Stephen Donaldson’s trilogy ‘the second chronicles of Thomas Covenant’ I was naturally keen to also read the first trilogy that started it all, being ‘the......more

Goodreads review by Fuzzball on June 13, 2019

SO much better than the first book! I found the first book to be tedious, but this one I couldn't put down. It was a very rare type of book - a book which manages to be highly entertaining without sacrificing character depth/integrity, believability, or reducing the quality of the writing. An addict......more

Quotes

“A trilogy of remarkable scope and sophistication.” Los Angeles Times

“The hottest fantasy writer since J. R. R. Tolkien.” Washington Post, praise for the author

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