First published 1978
Thomas Covenant finds himself transported to a mystical realm called the Land, where its inhabitants hail him as the prophesied reincarnation of their greatest champion. Covenant resists this destiny, calling himself the Unbeliever because accepting this strange new reality feels too dangerous. The Land faces destruction from the malevolent Lord Foul, and its people desperately need their legendary hero to return and save them. Covenant must navigate between his stubborn disbelief and the mounting evidence that this world needs him to embrace powers he fears to acknowledge. As threats to the Land intensify, Covenant wrestles with whether to remain safely detached or risk everything by accepting his role as savior. The tension between his refusal to believe and his growing connection to this world drives him toward an inevitable choice that will determine both his fate and the Land's survival.
Genres: fiction, adventure, fantasy, epic-fantasy
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, reluctant-hero
Setting: The Land
480 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Del Rey