The Last Dark (Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (772 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 042527005X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 592 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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If you do not, your worth is not thereby diminished.. Nevertheless, they must resist the ruin of all things, giving their last strength in the service of the world’s continuance.You risk much, as you have ever done. Reunited after their separate struggles, they discover in each other their true power—and yet they cannot imagine how to stop the Worm of the World’s End from unmaking Time. Donaldson’s innumerable fans learn the final fate of the Land.The Worm of the World’s End is roused, seeking the ruin of all things.Compelled step-by-step to actions whose consequences they could neither foresee nor prevent, Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery have fought for what they love in the magical reality known only as “the Land.” Now they face their final crisis. Mayhap you will prevail. The Climax of the Entire Thomas Covenant ChroniclesAfter more than three decades, having attained bestseller status all over the world, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant reaches its conclusion. This is a
In the meantime, the Worm of the World's End and She Who Must Not Be Named have both been roused, and €œthe last crisis of Earth€ is at hand. Although richly allegorical, the novel's great strength is the warm humanity of its characters, who distinguish themselves by repeatedly confronting and overcoming their personal frailties. Donaldson's fans will find this a fitting finale 36 years in the making. From Publishers Weekly The long-awaited 10th and concluding episode in Donaldson's sprawling epic of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (after Against All Things Ending) opens with Thomas gravely injured but cured of the malady of mind that had impeded his ability to save the Land. (Oct.) . Agent: Howard Morhaim, Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. By the novel's end, Thomas, his wife, and her son will all have made extraordi
A Fitting Conclusion - with a few Caveats If you are reading this review, then there is no point in recapping the series (incidentally, the "story so far" summary at the beginning of THE LAST DARK is one of the most lucid and well-written for a series this monumentally long that I have ever read).I have been looking forward to this summation of Covenant's and Linden Avery's stories for many years and parts of this book were entirely satisfying in that regard. I will begin by talking about the things that I thought were very well done, followed by a few problems that I regret mar th. Michael Barnathan said Deus-ex-machina make for an incoherent plot. Donaldson's first two Covenant trilogies were masterworks. He could have stopped with White Gold Wielder and the volumes would rank up there with the great fantasy of the age. Unfortunately, there seems to be a Peter Principle effect in fantasy publishing, by which authors continue to expand their universes up until the point at which they ruin them.---*SPOILERS BEGIN HERE*---From Runes Of The Earth through Against All Things Ending, I kept reading a story that was well-narrated but had a fairly incoherent plot, reading on in hope that Dona. others leave you excited and happy. There's tragedy but also heroism and hope along john cox Lots of twists in the last book of the Chronicles. Some leave you depressed and doubting, others leave you excited and happy. There's tragedy but also heroism and hope along the way. I thought the ending was great and fitting. I'm a little sad that the series has ended as I have found some of the characters inspirational and fascinating. Donaldson's style of sometimes too much self-reflection can be tedious during slow spots in the action, but it was fitting as the whole series came to it's climax. The series was primarily about Thomas Cove