When the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant came out, I had already read the first Chronicles at least twice. I read The Wounded Land greedily and found it to be just as compelling as the first books. It was kind of tough having to wait years between books. The Wounded Land starts off with our real hero, Linden Avery. A doctor who has a lot of secrets and has burdens laid on top of her from the moment she arrives in town. The first three chapters or so take place in the real world and the Second Chronicles breaks the tradition…
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The Illearth War by Stephen R Donaldson
In Book Two of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever we find our hero back at home in the Real World. He’s a bit bummed out about his first adventure in The Land and remains an unhappy and lonely leper. Then he gets a phone call from his ex-wife Joan, before he can say a word, he feels himself being summoned back to the Land. He trips and bounces his head of a coffee table and leave reality once again. Thomas Covenant has been summoned to Revelstone, where he stands in front of the Council of Lords and is…