Top Fantasy Series, June 2012

Thomas Covenant. Author. Leper. Wielder of a powerful white magic that can save or damn and entire land. Stephen R. Donaldson does his best to design an extraordinary setting known as The Land, and the contemptible Thomas Covenant is dropped into it, disbelieving that it is real, and every move he makes helps or hinders his companions in their war against Lord Foul. A shining example of what could be done in the same vein as Tolkien without simply copying his formula. Covenant is the man you love to hate, the anti-hero you pull for if not for his own sake then at least for those who side with him. The Chronicles are the story of a broken and bitter man and his complex journey to be transformed into something better, and not always of his own volition. Brilliant work on multiple levels spanning two trilogies and a soon-to-be-completed quadrilogy. Donaldson is an exquisite storyteller and a certified legend of the field.