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LOS ANGELES TIMES
Twice before Thomas Covenant had been summoned to the strange other-world 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. This time the Lords of Revelstone were desperate. Without hope, Covenant set out to confront the might of the enemy, as Lord Foul grew more powerful with every defeat for the Land....
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Book in the Series,
By not4prophet (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Power That Preserves: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Book Three (Mass Market Paperback)
Wow.Just wow. "The Power that Preserves" is amazing. Astonishing. Breathtaking. The sort of fantasy novel that you expect to find once a decade, if it's a particularly good decade. This is the culmination of a story that so big you can barely believe it fits in three books, so intense that it seems amazing that any person could actually have written it. It is a story you will never forget. One portion of the novels follows Lord Morham as he attempts to save the Land from total destruction in a final battle against Lord Foul's forces. The giant reaver Satansfist has Morham and the other wizards and defenders of the Land under siege at the castle of Revelstone. This contest is in amazing piece of virtuoso writing, perfectly melding several great action sequences with intense psychological passages to create something dazzling. I feel perfectly comfortable saying the Donaldson is the only fantasy author who has ever equaled Tolkien in writing battle scenes. The emotional triumph at the conclusion of this one is, well, words just can't describe it. Any lesser author would have devoted an entire book just to that. For Donaldson, however, it's just the prelude to the main event. The main event, it's no spoiler to say, is the final showdown between Thomas Covenant and Lord Foul. And what a showdown it is. When Donaldson started writing this trilogy, the most important decision he made was that his main character would not be a standard fantasy hero. Thomas Covenant, of course, is the most deeply sympathetic and real character ever to appear in any fantasy novel. Having created a person as amazing as this one, of course, poses the problem of how to provide a satisfying conclusion while still remaining true to the character. Probably nobody alive could have pulled it off as well as Donaldson, but then again no one other than Donaldson would ever have attempted a fantasy series this ambitious anyway. So in conclusion, read it, love it, be amazed by it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Power Within!,
By Rafik "RafikNY" (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Power That Preserves: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Book Three (Mass Market Paperback)
The Power That Preserves by SRD is the third and final entry in the amazing saga of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. A superlative work that goes beyond poetic! Thomas is once again called to the Land to fight the minions of Lord Foul. In this outing, the Land is blighted by a perpetual winter (greenhouse effect?). Lord Foul aka the Despiser controls the dreaded Illearth Stone and and his evil creatures have sworn to the destruction of Revelstone and all that lives upon the Land. Thomas, the ultimate anti hero must destroy Foul and his evil "despite." A must must purchase. Enjoy!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best in the series so far.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Power That Preserves: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Book Three (Mass Market Paperback)
I was purely shocked by this volium.The first one was pretty good,the second one was quite mediocre,but this one was the bomb!It was interesting,(like usual)quite fast moving,and had a wonderful ending.Unfortunately,I cannot tell you the ending except for the fact that its wonderful.I loved how Bannor and Foamfollower came back in,they were some of my favorite characters. I also enjoyed how dark and foreboding the style was. Any Donaldson fan is in for a treat.
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