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The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsVolume Four of the Book of the New Sun. Severian the Torturer continues his epic journey across the lands of Urth, a journey as fraught with peril as it is with wonder. Exiled from his guild he is an outcast, but his travels are woven with strange portents. The Claw of the Conciliator, relic of a prophet and promise of a new age, flames to life in his hands... -
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White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThomas Covenant knew that despite his failure on the Isle of The One Tree, he had to return to the Land and fight. After a long and arduous journey, fighting all the way, he readies himself for the final showdown with Lord Foul, the Despiser, and begins to understand things he had only just wondered about before... -
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The Power That Preserves by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 39 ratings"A trilogy of remarkable scope and sophistication."--Los Angeles TimesTwice before Thomas Covenant had been summoned to the strange otherworld where magic worked. Twice before he had been forced to join with the Lords of Revelstone in their war against Lord Foul, the ancient enemy of the Land.Now he was back--to a Land ravaged by the armies of Lord Foul. The Lords were besieged and helpless...Categorized as:
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The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAfter scant days in his "real" world, Thomas Covenant found himself again summoned to the Land. There forty bitter years had passed, while Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the Land, moved to fulfill his prophecy of doom...Categorized as:
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Night's Master by Tanith Lee
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNIGHT'S MASTER is the first book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, which, in the manner of The One Thousand and One Nights, portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales... -
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The Wounded Land by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFour thousand years have passed since Covenant first freed the Land from the devastating grip of Lord Foul and his minions. But he is back, and Convenant, armed with his stunning white gold magic, must battle the evil forces and his own despair.. -
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The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA breathtaking geopolitical fantasy as fraught as Game of Thrones, The Monster Baru Cormorant is the long-anticipated sequel to Seth Dickinson gut-wrenching debut, The Traitor Baru Cormorant.Baru Cormormant's world was shattered by the Empire of Masks... -
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Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsHe called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself.Yet the Land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah...Categorized as:
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