Ten years after Linden Avery has first entered The Land alongside Thomas Covenant, she is taking care of his wife, Joan, who remains drawn deep within her own twisted realm. Although Linden finds some solace in her role as a healer, she still grieves for Covenant, her lover, who gave his life to defeat the Despiser. Now Linden devotes her newfound capacity for love to her brilliant, adopted son, Jeremiah, who was struck silent in the traumatic events that took place when Linden was first summoned to the land. When Roger Covenant comes to claim his haunted mother, Linden fears not only for Joan?s safety but also for her son. Her fears are realised when Roger kidnaps Joan and Jeremiah and they are all summoned to The Land. Here Linden finds all her and Covenant?s efforts against the Despiser and the Sunbane in ruins. The Land is covered by a large cloud of doom and tormented by caesures and kresh. What?s more, the people seem to have forgotten the Land?s entire history and Earthpower might as well have been a myth. Armed with a white gold ring she cannot control, Linden sets of to find her son, hoping to find some allies on the way. In Donaldson?s third account of The Land, it remains as fantastic as ever. Astonishing and terrifying at the same time, the intricate ways of The Land unfolds anew, as Linden faces some extraordinary challenges. Spellbinding to the last word, Donaldson?s storytelling power is like the wild magic wielded by his characters. The Runes of the Earth is a captivating extension of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, and shows once more that Donaldson can be seen as one of the greatest fantasy writers of our time.
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