White Gold Wielder
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Our view
“White Gold Wielder” brings the second Thomas Covenant trilogy to a powerful close, setting bleak themes against a strong undercurrent of love. Stephen R. Donaldson builds to an ending that lands with real force, and some readers say the book grows richer with every reread. It only works after the five earlier Covenant books, “The One Tree” above all.
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About the book
White Gold Wielder is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the final book of the second trilogy of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series.
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 Land
7.97.9 / 10 - The One Tree
7.97.9 / 10 - White Gold WielderThis book
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 7.7 across 73 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 7 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 66 | 90% |
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