The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever is a fantasy epic by Stephen R. Donaldson.

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Fantasy - Stephen R. Donaldson

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The main character is Thomas Covenant, a cynical leprosy-sufferer, shunned and despised by society, who is destined to become the heroic saviour of an alternate world - or, perhaps, only of his own sanity. Throughout six novels published between 1977 and 1983, Covenant struggles against the evil Lord Foul - "The Despiser" - who intends to break the physical universe to escape its bondage and wreak revenge upon his arch-enemy "The Creator". Many elements of the story correspond to those of Richard Wagner's epic "Ring Cycle", but with curiously inverted values.

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Leprosy - Lord Foul - Richard Wagner

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In 2004 Donaldson returned to the chronicles with a new series, intended to be the last chronicles.

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