The Wounded Land
- 497
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Balrog Awards
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Our view
“The Wounded Land” opens the second trilogy of “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant” with a weighty, morally serious quest. Across nearly five hundred pages it takes on large questions of nature, faith and corruption alongside the journey itself, with a strong spiritual undercurrent. It is best read after the first trilogy, by readers who want fantasy that asks to be thought about as well as followed.
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About the book
The Wounded Land is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the first book of the second trilogy of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series. It is followed by The One Tree.
Reading order · The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Full order & progress →- Lord Foul's BaneStart here
7.27.2 / 10 - The Illearth War
7.97.9 / 10 - The Power that Preserves
8.08.0 / 10 - The Wounded LandThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - The One Tree
7.97.9 / 10 - White Gold Wielder
7.97.9 / 10 - The Runes of the Earth
–Not ranked yet - Fatal Revenant
–Not ranked yet - Against All Things Ending
–Not ranked yet - The Last Dark
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 80 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 35% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 80 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Wounded Land?
It has 497 pages — shorter than 58% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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