--- product_id: 45358163 title: "The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" brand: "stephen r. donaldson" price: "26957CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/45358163-the-runes-of-the-earth-the-last-chronicles-of-thomas store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant **Brand:** stephen r. donaldson **Price:** 26957CFA **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by stephen r. donaldson - **How much does it cost?** 26957CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/45358163-the-runes-of-the-earth-the-last-chronicles-of-thomas) ## Best For - stephen r. donaldson enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted stephen r. donaldson brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant ## Images ![The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Pc6E3WzZL.jpg) ![The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/517iXEM-EZL.jpg) ![The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Image 3](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41euN1UySEL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ a disappointment after the first six books *by M***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2018* In this first of the last four books in the Thomas Covenant Chronicles, Linden Avery is sent back to the Land when she is shot by Thomas Covenant's son Roger and Lord Foul takes her adopted son Jeremiah. She meets new characters from the races introduced in the previous books: Stonedowners, Haruchai, ur-viles, Ramen, etc who aid her in her quest.I read this when it first came out as I loved the first six books. I never finished the series though and decided to do so after reading Mr. Donaldson's new book Seventh Decimate. I remember now why I stopped now.I don't find Linden a compelling heroine. She dithers and then tends to just fly off in a direction despite advice to the contrary. The new characters are mostly too impressed by her stature from her previous stay in the Land to argue with her. They seem to be mostly ciphers representing their various races.Since we stay in parts of the Land already visited, there's no new worldbuilding so to speak. The plot starts out fine with Linden grappling with Joan's madness and Roger Covenant's ire before she is hurled back to the Land. Then the story bogs down. She travels and she dithers for most of the rest of the book. Not all that much happens to advance the story besides the quest to find the lost Staff of Law until the very last paragraph of the book. I admit, it's a great cliffhanger so I'll go on with the series, but in my honest opinion this book could have been compressed into a couple of chapters at the start of the next book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ yes...but *by T***Y on Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2018* If you are contemplating reading this book you probably have already read the preceding six chronicles and are intimately familiar with Donaldson's prolixity? Yet you have gotten this far and i would bid you to continue. I have not finished this book, yet Donaldson continues to make me laugh and cry. When i first started reading the Chronicles, i figured Donaldson has written himself in as Thomas Covenant. I've changed my mind and think Donaldson is the giant Foamfollower (maybe both?). What convinced me is how Donaldson cannot sacrifice words to abbreviate his tale. He makes me crazy sometimes. I speak to my Kindle, as though he were present, pleading with him to "get to the point." I also find myself wondering at the slowness of the characters at times, how agonizingly long it takes them to figure a thing out. The reader has long ago grasped what's going on. I sometimes think that Donaldson is not a master of suspense but a slave to it; that he has no control over his tether. BUT, something inside of me suspects this is all part of the genius of Stephen Donaldson. To me, his books are a remarkable slice of life; neither the wonder or tedium is edited out. If you have gotten this far in the Covenant Chronicles, I'd encourage you to stay the course. I have been disappointed and thrilled and am dreading being finished with the series, it will feel like a sort of death. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Review based on a question *by G***T on Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2016* I read the original two series I am sure over 20 years ago and loved all the books. 5 star all the way. I say this because I am wondering, did my tastes in books change in 20 years or has Donaldson gotten very wordy and overly descriptive since I last read these books? I really don't remember him being so verbose in the original books. Oh, he was descriptive and let you know what the character were thinking but this book is ridiculous. Or am I just mis-remembering the earlier books?Another thing, do you have to explain the same basic concept of something or some event or some particular feeling, of a character over and over and over again? I got it after the first time. Why say it 5 more times? Does Linden Avery need to heal EVERY character she comes across? All the while explaining how this is beyond her and how she is pushing herself past her limits and how she can't fail at this. And why are there like 5 different healing items with supernatural powers?I fear that Donaldson has joined the groups of Authors like Robert Jordan and George Martin that have discovered if you write hundreds of pages of descriptive banter you don't ever have to advance the plot and continue your cash cow of a series at infinitum. Jordan was the king of this. He wrote 3 really good books and then another 6 were the plot didn't advance at all and nothing much ever happened but male bashing and pony tail tugging. While Martin at least is able to keep his books entertaining, has the plot moved forward more than an inch in his last two 900 page novels? Which of course we now have to wait 6+ years for in between. It is so obvious that at least fantasy writers have discovered that needlessly stretching their series out is the way to financial immortality.This book. Since Linden Avery has gotten to the land, which took FOR F....... EVER for her to get to. I think she has traveled maybe 15 or 20 miles. And we were with her as Donaldson literally described every agonizing step she took.Slight spoiler warning."I put my left foot forward. It hurt like no pain I felt before. I felt my knee twitch and buckle from lack of use. I was not use to being in the land and the exertions it put on my body. I would need the healing berries soon as I felt my strength drain from me from this slight effort of lifting my foot. Luckily my trusty blood guard was there to ease my transition. God I am so weak i thought. I will never be able to save the land. Pain seared my nerves as my foot touched the ground and I nearly fell to my knees. No! No, this was Lord Fouls doing and I must continue. My health sense has left me. Shaka Zulu needed healing and I have to travel up and through these mountains that never seem to end. I tell myself, one step at a time and struggle to lift my right foot. It hurt like no pain before. I felt my right knee twitch and buckle from lack of use. I was not............I am not kidding. This is what it felt like reading one section of the book. It seemed each step was chronicled in excruciating detail. It took like well over a hundred pages to travel maybe a mile and a half.Linden falling down and whimpering and feeling sorry for how inept she was with each step she took. Only stopping to heal another character every 25 pages or so. Saying how she was not up to it.I wil continue reading these books but I sure hope they get better.I gave it three stars but one star is for how I remember the earlier books. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/45358163-the-runes-of-the-earth-the-last-chronicles-of-thomas](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/45358163-the-runes-of-the-earth-the-last-chronicles-of-thomas) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-08-31*