Against All Things Ending

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Against All Things Ending

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Author(s):

Stephen R Donaldson

Copyright:

First Published:

2010

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

2011

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 28

What Has Gone Before

Part One - "to achieve the ruin of the Earth"

1 - The Burden of Too Much Time

2 - Unfinished Needs

3 - Bargaining with Fate

4 - After Unwisdom

5 - Preparations

6 - Seek Deep Stone

7 - Crossing the Hazard

8 - Caverns Ornate and Majestic

9 - Hastening Doom

10 - By Evil Means

11 - Private Carrion

12 - She Who Must Not

Part Two - "Only the damned"

1 - Those Who Endure -

2 - Trying to Start Again

3 - - Whatever the Cost

4 - Attempts Must Be Made

5 - Inheritances

6 - Parting Company

7 - Implications of Trust

8 - The Amends of the Ranyhyn

9 - Great Need

10 - The Pure One and the High God

11 - Kurash Qwellinir

12 - Solid Souls

Glossary

Internal ID:

1423

Series:

Fatal Revenant
The Last Dark

Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant*

#3 of 4

Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant*

The third series in the Thomas Covenant books published about twenty years after the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

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1) The Runes of the Earth
2) Fatal Revenant
3) Against All Things Ending
4) The Last Dark

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

#9 of 10

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

The overall span of Thomas Covenant novels in order.

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1) Lord Foul's Bane
2) The Illearth War
3) The Power that Preserves
4) The Wounded Land
5) The One Tree
6) White Gold Wielder
7) The Runes of the Earth
8) Fatal Revenant
9) Against All Things Ending
10) The Last Dark

Dedication:

to Perry Donaldson:

a daughter to make a man proud

First Sentence:

Thomas Covenant knelt on the rich grass of Andelain as though he had fallen there from the distance of eons.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Within a handful of days, every star would perish, extinguished by the unforbidden hunger of the Worm.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

This in the only book I bought as a hardback. It made me decide not to spend the money on the next hardback even though the story was not bad- just a very tedious read.

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Added: 31-Jan-2015

Last Updated: 03-Dec-2021

19-Oct-2010

G P Putnam's Sons

Hardback

Date Issued:

19-Oct-2010

Format:

Hardback

Cover Price:

$29.95

Pages*:

575

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1502

Publisher:

G P Putnam's Sons

ISBN:

0-399-15678-X

ISBN-13:

978-0-399-15678-6

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Back Cover:
Praise For
Fatal Revenant
"This complicated and emotional continuation of the Thomas Covenant saga is exactly what Donaldson's fans have been hoping for."
- PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

Praise For
The Runes of the Earth
"An epic with page-turning intrigue."
- DETROIT FREE PRESS

Praise For
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
"Will certainly find a place on the small list of true classics."
- THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

"Covenant is Donaldson's genius."
- THE VILLAGE VOICE

Inside flap:
Attempts must be made, even when there is no hope. And betimes some wonder is wrought to redeem us....

Thomas Covenant is alive again, restored to his mortal body by the unimaginable combines power of hos own white gold ring, Linden Avery's Staff of Law, and the ancient dagger called High Lord 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 restored his slain body, so precious to her, his wild white hair like flame, his face now etched with lines of pain. Thomas Covenant is returned to her.

But the truth is inescapable: the thunderclap of power from Linden's action 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 bot Jeremiah, Linden's adopted son, whose secrets are only beginning to come to light. And it will come from sacrifices, some freely offered by friends who have traveled far and trusted much, and some taken by force that can be recognized only later as compassion.

Dimly, but holding on to whatever hope leaves behind when hope itself has failed, Linden clings to one prophecy: You would not be driven by mistaken love to bring about the end of all things.

Back flap:
STEPHEN R. DONALSON 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.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Other book covers for this series run

The Runes of the Earth

19-Oct-2010
G P Putnam's Sons
Hardback

Franchise

Book Series

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (series)

Book Series

Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (series)

Book Series

Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (series)

Author(s)

Stephen R Donaldson

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