Stephen R. Donaldson Boeken

Ruim 20 jaar geleden verscheern het eerste deel van de eerste kroniek van Thomas Covenant, de Ongelovige: De vloek van Heer Veil. Over een man, in onze tijd, in deze wereld, die door zijn vrouw in de steek wrodt gelaten als bij hem een reeds lang uitgebannen, zeldzame ziekte wordt geconstateerd. Thomas Covenant komt ten val, letterlijk en figuurlijk, en wordt op mysterieuze wijze in bewusteloze toestand getransporteerd naar een wereld waar, door toedoen van de boze Heer Veil, een slag om de ziel van Het Land woedt. Zes delen verder, in het laatste deel van de tweede kroniek, wordt Thomas Covenant gedood in het bijzijn van zijn geliefde vrouw, Lindern Avery; hij sterft zowel in de echte wereld als in Het Land. Met zijn dood brengt hij het ultieme offer, ertegenover staat dat hij wordt gelouterd, eindelijk vrij is. Nu, als De runen van de aarde opent, zijn er tien jaar verstreken. OP zeker dag komt Linden Avery thuis en ziet hoe haar kindt met blokken Het Land nabouwt, en bij die aanblik dringt het beeld van een inktzwarte toekomst zich onuitbaar aan haar op. Erger nog, voor haar persoonlijk, ze had niet gedacht ooit terug te gaan naar Het Land, waar de herinnering aan haar grote liefde van weleer, Thomas Covenant, het sterkst is. Maar nu heeft Linden geek keuze, de toekomstbeelden laten zich niet misverstaan. In Het Land ontrafelt het kwade alles, tot in de fijnste vezels van alle voortbrengselen van de natuurwetten.

Presents a collection of stories and novellas spanning fourteen years, including dark fables and lush fairy tales, featuring legendary heroes, lowly beggars, and immortal beings

In a sprawling new novel, Stephen R. Donaldson tells a tale of a hero's dark night of the soul. Mick Axbrewder has enough problems to kill any ten lesser men. He's a recovering alcoholic. He's also healing-painfully and slowly-from a gunshot wound that nearly killed him. His old partner, Ginny, seems to want as little to do with him as possible. Years ago, he and Ginny worked side by side. That was before he accidentally shot and killed a cop. While drunk. A cop who happened to be his brother. Now Axbrewder-"Brew" to his friends-is trying to make his way back to self-respect. It isn't easy. It doesn't help that Ginny has moved them to the sprawling, heartless Sunbelt city of Carner, where he can't get the "feel" of the streets. At least he has work, handling security in the booming martial-arts industry centered in Carner. A world of modern commercial competition and ancient resentments. A world with hidden stakes, over which someone is evidently willing to kill. But Brew's real job isn't the one for which he's been hired. His real job is regaining his own self-respect.

A new-cover reissue of the fourth book in the bestselling five-volume sf series created by the world-famous author of the Thomas Covenant chronicles -- and acclaimed as the 'best work of his career'. Events were not moving as the Amnion had intended. Once again humans had been false in their dealings with the aliens. As the planetoid Thanatos Minor exploded into atoms, the Trumpet hurtled into space only one step ahead of hostile pursuers. On board were Morn Hyland and her force-grown son Davies, cyborg Angus Thermopyle and Captain Nick Succorso -- old enemies thrown together in a desperate bid for survival. For both the Amnion and the UMCP, the immediate capture of the fleeing ship and the secrets it contained was imperative. But for Trumpet's exhausted crew the only hope lay in an illegal lab in the distant binary solar system of Valdor Industrial. It would be a journey of unpredictable danger -- from which not all would return...

Pursuing the pirate ship Soar and her infamous captain Sorus Chatelaine, the battleworn crew of the Trumpet places its hopes in cyborg Angus Thermopyle, who is working against his will

THE MAN WHO¿ series of crime novels stars two fascinating characters. Ginny Fistoulari and Mick Axbrewder seem unlikely partners. She is capable and tough with a talent for self-sufficiency, and he a borderline alcoholic with a talent for self-destruction. But both are drawn together and make a surprisingly effective team. Of course, as they become closer, and the vulnerabilities begin to show, they become occasional lovers as well as colleagues¿ These are the first three books in the series, originally written in the 80s, and are a fascinating introduction to a gripping series¿

The bestselling fantasy series from one of the biggest names in the genre comes to an unforgettable conclusion. This is the final volume of the epic Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - one of the keynote works of modern fantasy. Compelled step by step to actions whose consequences they could neither see nor prevent, Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery have fought for what they love in the magical reality known only as 'the Land'. Now they face their final crisis. Reunited after their separate struggles, they discover in each other their true power - and yet they cannot imagine how to stop the Worm of the World's End from unmaking Time. Nevertheless they must resist the ruin of all things, giving their last strength in the service of the world's continuance.

The third instalment in the GAP Stephen Donaldson's fascinating universe peopled with characters of a passion and intensity only he could create. After a terrifying encounter with the Amnion aliens, Nick Succorso made for the safety of Thanatos Minor, the infamous bootleg shipyard where illegals from all over the galaxy come to repair their ships (and indulge their exotic tastes in entertainment). But the Amnion are waiting, and for Nick, Morn Hyland and her force-grown son Davies, the safe haven has turned into a vision of hell. Now Angus Thermopyle heads for Thanatos Minor, programmed to carry out a secret mission that could have nightmarish consequences for them all...

The bestselling fantasy series from one of the biggest names in the genre comes to an unforgettable conclusion. This is the final volume of the epic Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - one of the keynote works of modern fantasy. Compelled step by step to actions whose consequences they could neither see nor prevent, Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery have fought for what they love in the magical reality known only as 'the Land'. Now they face their final crisis. Reunited after their separate struggles, they discover in each other their true power - and yet they cannot imagine how to stop the Worm of the World's End from unmaking Time. Nevertheless they must resist the ruin of all things, giving their last strength in the service of the world's continuance.

A powerful and intense sf tale from a master storyteller