Lord Foul's Bane [SEP] series
Lord Foul's Bane
Lord Foul's Bane is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the first book of the first trilogy of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series. It is followed by "The Illearth War".
Plot summary.
Thomas Covenant is a young author whose world is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with leprosy. After six months' treatment and counselling in a leprosarium, he returns home to find himself alone, divorced by his wife Joan, and outcast from his community
Drool, who had used the Staff of Law to summon Covenant to the Land, Covenant feels his physical body fading away, loses consciousness, and wakes up in his own world, a leper once more.
Critical response.
"The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy" described "Lord Foul's Bane" as a "more original and interesting work" than its contemporary, "The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks.
Analysis and re-enactment of "Lord Foul's Bane" was the basis of the