More than two decades ago, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series sold more than 6 million copies. Now, Stephen R. Donaldson returns with new Covenant novels. In the original series, a man becomes a pariah in his town when he is struck down with a disease long since believed eradicated. Knocked unconscious during a fall, Thomas is transported to a fantastic world where a battle for the soul is waged with him as the savior of the Land. In the last book, Covenant is killed while his companion, Linden Avery, looks on in horror. THE RUNES OF THE EARTH opens ten years later with Linden dying during a violent confrontation with Joan and Roger who have kidnapped her son. Awaking in the Land, she finds Lord Foul scheming to escape the Arch of Time with the help of Joan and Roger - while using her son as a pawn.