Stephen Donaldson

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Title: Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story: Description:
Book One of the GAP series, first published in 1990. Through the lives of Angus, Morn and Nick, an entire world begins to unfold - a world of politics and betrayal, extraordinary developments and a shadowy alien presence that lies on the other side of the Gap.

Title: Reave The Just: And Other Tales: Description:
Stephen Donaldson is best known for immense and doom-laden genre sagas, in particular his debut fantasy epic The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever and the SF "Gap" sequence. His first book of short stories Daughter of Regals (1984) was uneven--muddied by an early weakness for unwieldy language. Reave the Just is a far stronger collection, with five powerful pieces, two adequate ones and just one dud. Donaldson's fantasies show a scarifying intensity of moral concern and complication. The title character Reave works towards justice through deep pain, not least to himself. Elsewhere we find the agonies of a sympathetic and even pious vampire who's denied the easy option of feeding on animals; a Dark Lord who reasonably protests that his researches into black magic have harmed no one and shouldn't attract persecution from self-righteous White mages; an exploration of the peculiar honour of ninja-style warriors; and another wizard who helps a filthy idiot girl towards beauty and self-reliance for very bad reasons indeed. Effective and sometimes harrowing tales, clearly told: Donaldson has abandoned the oversized thesaurus he once relied on, and now writes with a quieter conviction that hits hard. --David Langford

Title: The Wounded Land (the Second Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant): Description:
spine and covers scuffed and creased. a heavy book

Title: The Power That Preserves (the Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever): Description:
This story features the further adventures of Thomas Covenant, which began in "Lord Foul's Bane" and "The Illearth War". Lord Foul's victory over the Lords seems certain unless Thomas can avert it. With a giant, a Bloodguard and a madwoman, he sets out to confront the enemy.

Title: Forbidden Knowledge (gap S.): Description:
The second book in the bestselling five-volume sf series created by the world-famous author of the Thomas Covenant chronicles -- and acclaimed as the 'best work of his career'. In The Real Story, Morn Hyland had survived a terrible ordeal at the hands of one space pirate, only to find herself trapped in the ship of another, surrounded by hostile, unfriendly faces. Nick Succorso had rescued her, but for what purpose? He and his crew were all illegals, and she was a cop -- a cop with gap-sickness. Just having her on board would put all their lives at risk. But Nick knew that Morn possessed something that could be of value to them all -- and he had every intention of exploiting it. As she struggled to recover from her shattering experiences, Morn would hear increasingly shocking tales of corruption in the UMCP, and even more alarming rumours of a shadowy alien life force -- the Amnion -- with their all-consuming mutagens. All too soon, on the long and hazardous voyage to forbidden space, the bizarre stories would become horrifying reality...

Title: The Illearth War (the Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever): Description:
Cursed by a terrible disease, Thomas Covenant is an outcast in our world: shunned by his neighbours, pushed by lonliness to the edges of madness. Suddenly he is transported to a mysterious and beautiful new world- the Land- where gentlepeople live. He does not believe it is real and becomes the unwilling tool of Lord Foul the Despiser.

Title: The Runes Of The Earth: The Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant (gollancz Sf S.): Description:
In 1977, with the publication of THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER, Stephen Donaldson created a true phenomenon: an epic fantasy instant bestseller that has now sold millions and millions of copies across the world. Thomas Covenant is mysteriously struck down by a disease believed eradicated; abandoned by his wife and young son, he becomes a pariah. Alone, 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 is convinced he's having delusions. 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, her beloved, 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', 'You're the only one who can do this' and 'Remember that I'm dead'. The Land is in turmoil, and Lord Foul has plans for them all ...

Title: Lord Foul's Bane (the Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever): Description:
He called himself Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, because he dared not believe in the strange alternative world on which he suddenly found himself - the Land. But the Land tempted him. As a leper, in his own world he had been an outcast, unclean, a pariah. Now he was regarded as a saviour, the reincarnation of the Land's greatest here - Berek Halfhand. Only the mystic powers of the white gold he carried could protect the Lords of the Land from the ancient evil of the Despiser, Lord Foul. Yet Thomas Covenant had no idea how those powers could be tapped ...

Title: The Runes Of The Earth: The Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant: Description:
Stephen Donaldson returns to the Land, and the story of Thomas Covenant. Struck down with a deadly disease, abandoned by his wife and son, Covenant was drawn into the Land, where the earth itself brings healing, and welcomed as the reincarnation of a legendary saviour. Though he could not - would not - accept this magical world was real, the Land itself was under threat, and only Covenant had the power to save it - and the sacrifice of his life was the Land's redemption as well as his own. Now comes the book every fantasy reader has been awaiting. Ten years on, Dr Linden Avery had thought she would never see the Land, or Covenant, her beloved, again. But Lord Foul has stolen her adopted son, and there is more at risk than the life of the boy she adores: Lord Foul is unmaking the very laws of nature and if he is not stopped, he could destroy everything. And though Linden believes Covenant is dead, he keeps sending her messages: 'Find me', and 'You're the only one who can do this', and 'Remember that I'm dead'. The Land is in turmoil, and Lord Foul has plans for them all...

Title: White Gold Wielder (the Second Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant): Description:
A continuation of the adventures of Thomas Covenant that began in "The Wounded Land" and "The One Tree".

Title: The Man Who Risked His Partner: Description:
Mick 'Brew' Axbrewder is an ex-alcoholic private investigator who lost his licence after he accidentally shot his brother, and now works in partnership with Ginny Fistoulari. His on-off relationship with Ginny used to involve her trying to keep him sober, but since she lost her hand in an explosion, when they were on a case hunting for Brew's missing niece, Ginny has changed. And Brew is desperate to help her put her life back together again. Ginny and Brew are hired to protect a Mr Haskell, who is convinced his life is in danger. Ginny didn't want to take the case, but Brew forced her to, determined to re-awaken the old Ginny, the Ginny who would never turn down a case, no matter how messy it might get ... About the Author Stephen Donaldson lived in India for 13 years with his father, a medical missionary, who worked extensively with lepers; it was here that he conceived the character of Thomas Covenant. He was awarded the John W. Campbell Award as Best Writer of the Year for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever, which, with the sequel trilogy, became instant bestsellers. He is also the author of the fantasy duology 'Mordant's Need', the SF epic quintet 'The Gap', and a number of mysteries written under the pseudonym Reed Stephens. He won the World Fantasy Award in 2000.

Title: Gilden-fire: Description:
Gilden - Fire a previously untold story from the Illearth War. Any reader familiar with the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant will welcome this new story.

Title: The One Tree (the Second Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant): Description:
Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery flee from the Land in search for the One Tree, the powerful life force whose branches alone can re-make the Staff of Law. Lord Foul's Ravers, however, are never far behind them. Other books featuring these characters include "The Wounded Land".

Title: Gilden-fire: Description:
A previously unpublished episode from The Illearth War. Having found the Illearth Stone, Lord Foul intends to wield its evil power over the Giants of Seareach. But a force, led by Korik Bloodguard together with the Lords Shetra and Hyrim, undertake a perilous mission - to try and warn the Giants of their horrible fate.. But they must travel across hostile land and through the menacing Grimmerdhore Forest. They must save themselves from the evil flames of the Gilden-Fire which threaten to engulf them. And Bloodguard must escape the hungry wolves and ur-viles so that he can complete his mission and remain loyal to his vow.

Title: The Mirror Of Her Dreams (mordant's Need): Description:
King Joyse and the kingdom of Mordant are in dire need; threatened by the evil arch-Imager Vagel and the hordes of the Cadwal from without, betrayed by unknown enemies within. Terisa Morgan is Mordant's unlikely champion, plucked from a life of wealthy dreariness in New York by the accidental magic of the apprentice Imager Geraden. The kingdom is directed by the power of images, of visions and of mirrors and Terisa and Geraden must master this power if Mordant is to survive. But the traps laid for them are many and treacherous...

Title: The Power That Preserves (voyager Classics): Description:
The concluding volume in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, now part of the Voyager Classics collection. Twice before Thomas Covenant had been summoned to the strange other-world where magic worked. Twice he had been forced to join with the Lords of Revelstone in their war against Lord Foul, the ancient enemy of the Land. Now he is back -- to a Land ravaged by the armies of Lord Foul. The Lords are besieged and helpless. No place is safe and Foul's victory seems certain. Only Covenant can avert it. Desperately and without hope, he sets out to confront the might of the Enemy. With him go a Giant, a Bloodguard and the madwoman he has wronged. And in Foul's Creche, Lord Foul grows in power with each new defeat for the Land.