Branwen Sedai *of the Brown Ajah*'s Reviews > The Wounded Land

"I was wrong. As long as you have some idea of what's happening to you, 'real' or 'unreal' doesn't matter. You have to stand up for what you care about; if you don't, you lose control of who you are."


In this book, Covenant is transported once more to the Land, to find that 4,000 years have passed and Lord Foul holds the Earth in his grasp. Alongside Linden Avery, a doctor from his world, he struggles to find some semblance of the world he once knew and set things right.

This is the first book in the second Thomas Covenant trilogy and in every way it surpasses the last series! Not only was the story fantastic and creepy and thrilling! But even better than that are the characters and their development. Covenant has grown and changed so much as a character it was the most unbelievable transition to see, and so very rewarding as well. He has recognized his mistakes and weaknesses from the past and strives to do what is right this time around. Even though he is still not entirely likable, he is someone you can identify with because he is human and has his flaws.

"A man may be fated to die, but no fate can determine whether he will die in courage or cowardice."

Linden Avery completely blew my expectations away with how much I liked her right off the bat. Elena and Lena, the main female characters from the first trilogy, were deplorable. But Linden is strong, smart, and does what needs to be done. She obviously has feelings for Covenant, but she doesn't fawn all over him like her predecessors. I can't wait to see how she progresses as a character in the following books.

But the way she had lived her life had given her something more than lonliness and a liability to black moods. It had taught her to believe in her own strengths.

So overall, this book was great and instilled in me much hope for the remaining books in the Covenant series. Even though the first three books were not fantastic, the series just keeps getting better and better.


He did not intend to die. He was more than a leper. No abjections could force him to abide his doom. No. There were other answers to guilt. If he could not find them, he would create them out of the raw stuff of his being. He was going to fight. Now.