Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Runes of the Earth | 2004 | Thomas Covenant | Buy |
| 2 | Fatal Revenant | 2007 | Thomas Covenant | Buy |
| 3 | Against All Things Ending | 2010 | Thomas Covenant | Buy |
| 4 | The Last Dark | 2013 | Thomas Covenant | Buy |
The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant concludes the saga that Stephen R. Donaldson began in 1977. The four books — The Runes of the Earth, Fatal Revenant, Against All Things Ending, and The Last Dark — were published between 2004 and 2013, with Linden Avery as the central character. Thomas Covenant’s role shifts as the series moves toward its final confrontation with Lord Foul.
The twenty-year gap between White Gold Wielder and The Runes of the Earth is one of the longest in epic fantasy. Donaldson used the additional space to create longer, more complex novels that bring together threads from across the entire saga, culminating in The Last Dark’s resolution of a story that had been building for thirty-six years.