Thomas Covenant Chronicles Launch Party

Stephen Donaldson Discusses & Signs Penultimate Against All Things Ending

Stephen Donaldson is the Albuquerque-based author of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles, one of the most beloved fantasy series of all times.  On its launch date, he discusses and signs the penultimate chapter, Against All Things Ending (Putnam, $29.95), the long-awaited sequel to The Runes of the Earth and Fatal Revenant.

Against All Things Ending returns readers to the Land - and unravels some of the mysteries haunting Covenant and Linden Avery.  Thomas Covenant is alive again, resurrected despite warnings from mortals and immortals that unleashing this much power would destroy the world. The world seems at peace, but the truth is inescapable: The thunderclap of power has awakened the Worm of the World's End, and all are forfeit to its devouring.  If there is any chance to save the Land, it will come from unlikely sources, including the mysterious boy Jeremiah, Linden's adopted son, whose secrets are only beginning to come to light.

Stephen R. Donaldson is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors in publishing history.  He is part of the generation of fantasy authors which came to prominence in the 1970s and early 1980s. Like that of many of his peers, his writing is heavily influenced by the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. However, Donaldson's stories show a wide range of other influences, including Mervyn Peake, C. S. Lewis, Robert E. Howard, and even the operas of Richard Wagner.