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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1977
  • Latest Book:
    November 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever

1 - Lord Foul's Bane (Aug-1978)
2 - The Illearth War (Sep-1977)
3 - Power That Preserves (Sep-1977)

The Gap

1 - The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story (Feb-1991)
2 - The Gap into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge (Nov-1991)
3 - The Gap into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises (Oct-1992)
4 - The Gap into Madness: Chaos and Order (Jun-1994)
5 - The Gap into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die (Feb-1997)

The Great God's War

1 - Seventh Decimate (Nov-2017)
2 - The War Within (Apr-2019)

The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

1 - The Runes of the Earth (Oct-2004)
2 - Fatal Revenant (Oct-2007)
3 - Against All Things Ending (Oct-2010)
4 - The Last Dark (Oct-2013)

Mordant's Need

1 - Mirror of Her Dreams (Nov-1986)
2 - A Man Rides Through (Nov-1987)

Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

1 - Wounded Land (Jun-1980)
2 - The One Tree (Mar-1982)
3 - White Gold Wielder (Mar-1983)

Multi-Author Series List

Mick "Brew" Axbrewder

4 - The Man Who Fought Alone (Dec-2001)

Book List in Order: 27 titles



  • WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME After scant days in his "real" world, Thomas Covenant found himself again summoned to the Land--the strange world of magic and earthpower. There forty bitter years had passed, while Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the Land, m...



  • THE FINAL CHALLENGE Twice before, Thomas Covenant had been summoned to the Land, the strange other-world where magic worked. Twice he had been forced to join with the Lords of Revelstone in their war against Lord Foul, the ancient enemy of the Lan...



  • THOMAS COVENANT, UR-LORD He called himself Covenant the Unbeliever, because he dared not believe in this strange alternate world on which he suddenly found himself. The magic of the Land could not be real. Loremasters could not draw fire from wood...



  • IT ALL BEGAN WITH THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER.... ...AND NOW THE STORY CONTINUES IN THE WOUNDED LAND 4000 years have passed since Covenant first freed the Land from the devastating grip of Lord Foul and his minions. The mon...



  • "...I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE LAND--TRY TO FIND THE ONE TREE. SO I CAN REPLACE THE STAFF OF LAW. I DON'T WHAT ELSE TO DO," COVENANT SAID. "I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'M GO BE GONE, AND EVERY DAY THEY KILL MORE PEOPLE. SOMEBODY HAS TO STOP THEM." Thus Tho...



  • "...I WANT YOU TO GO BACK TO THE LAND. TO REVELSTONE. AND STOP THE CLAVE. PUT OUT THE BANEFIRE. IF YOU DO THAT, SUNBANE'LL SLOW DOWN. MAYBE IT'LL EVEN RECEDE. THAT'LL GIVE US TIME TO LOOK FOR A BETTER ANSWER." Thomas Covenant was shocked by Linden...



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    A short story collection from the New York Times bestselling author -- available in trade paperback for the first time. “Donaldson proves that he is as adept at the short story as he is at the novel" (Denver Rocky Mountain News), in this superb ...



  • The Mirror of Her Dreams is the story of Terisa Morgan and Geraden, son of the Domne, in the strange land called Mordant. It is a rich and finely textured novel of love and lust, power and court politics, in this place where nothing is ever what it s...



  • In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the dazzling first volume of Mordant’s Need, New York Times bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson introduced us to the richly imagined world of Mordant, where mirrors are magical portals into places of beauty and terr...






  • Angus Thermopyle was an ore pirate and a murderer; even the most disreputable asteroid pilots of Delta Sector stayed out of his way. Those who didn't ended up in the lockup--or dead. But when Thermopyle arrived at Mallorys Bar & Sleep with a gorgeous...



  • Author of The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, one of the most acclaimed fantasy series of all time, master storyteller Stephen R. Donaldson retums with the second book in his long-awaited new science fiction series--a story about dark passions, perilo...



  • A master storyteller, Stephen R. Donaldson established a worldwide reputation with his unforgettable, critically acclaimed fantasy series The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant. Then, with The Real Story and Forbidden Knowledge, he launched a thrilling n...



  • A new collection of fantasy short stories personally selected by bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson, these are the "strange dreams" that stir the heart and mind, written by authors past and present - from Rudyard Kipling and Franz Kafka to Theod...



  • They are a handful of fugitives from an outlaw world, old enemies trapped on a renegade spaceship in a desperate bid for survival. Among the unlikely crew of Trumpet are Morn Hyland, once a UMCP cop, now a prisoner of the electrodes planted in her br...



  • Drifting in space, sabotaged by a crewman tainted with an alien mutagen, the starship Trumpet broadcasts to any ship in range the formula of the mutagen's antidote--a drug the United Mining Companies has suppressed for its own sinister purposes. Aboa...



  • Stephen R. Donaldson's unique talents have placed his work alongside that of J.R.R. Tolkien and established him as a writer with the rare ability to expand readers' imaginations. Now he presents a magnificent new collection of eight stories and novel...



  • In the sprawling new novel The Man Who Fought Alone, Stephen R. Donaldson tells a tale of a hero's dark night of the soul.Mick Axbrewder has enough problems to kill any ten lesser men. He's a recovering alcoholic. He's also healing--painfully and slo...



  • New York Times bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson presents the first novel of the four-volume finale to the series that’s become a modern fantasy classic: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.Thomas Covenant lost everything. Abando...



  • The long-awaited sequel to The Runes of the Earth returns readers to the Land-and opens with the reunion of Linden Avery and Thomas Covenant! Linden Avery, who loved Thomas Covenant and watched him die, has returned to the Land in search of her k...






  • Thomas Covenant is alive again, restored to his mortal body by the unimaginable combined force of his own white gold ring, Linden Avery's Staff of Law, and the ancient dagger called High Loric's krill. His resurrection is Linden's defiant act of love...



  • Although best known for such epic accomplishments as the ongoing Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and the multi-volume Gap Cycle, Stephen R. Donaldson has also written some of the most distinctive short fiction of recent decades. This generous collectio...



  • Compelled step by step to actions whose consequences they could neither see nor prevent, Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery have fought for what they love in the magical reality known only as "the Land." Now they face their final crisis. Reunited afte...



  • The acclaimed author of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles launches a powerful new trilogy about a prince’s desperate quest for a sorcerous library to save his people. Fire. Wind. Pestilence. Earthquake. Drought. Lightning. These are the six Decima...




  • Stephen R. Donaldson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, returns to the world of his Great God’s War fantasy epic as two kingdoms -- united by force -- prepare to be challenged by a merciless enemy… It...





  • Two kingdoms, ancient enemies, must stand alone against an implacable invader in the masterful conclusion of the Great God’s War epic from the New York Times bestselling author of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.They are coming.The kingdoms of Be...


Award-Winning Books by Stephen R. Donaldson

Reave the Just and Other Tales
2000 World Fantasy Award -- Collection


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Stephen R. Donaldson has published 27 books.

Stephen R. Donaldson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Killing God, was published in November 2022.

The first book by Stephen R. Donaldson, Power That Preserves, was published in September 1977.

Yes. Stephen R. Donaldson has 6 series.