**Spoilers follow** Once Covenant arrives in this new world, he dubs himself “the Unbeliever” as he believes this entire world is a dream. (There are a few words in that last sentence that are a joke, but probably not all the ones you would guess.) While on the way to the post office he gets hit by a phantom tollbooth-police car and gets transported to the magical land of Oz where magic is real and he is given the mission to relay a message to the elders about the danger of Drool and Foul. Quickly his whole word changes, as he becomes an outcast, losing his family, his home and a few fingers. Thomas Covenant is a best selling author who is married and has a son and a decent life until he gets leprosy. In fairness, this happens very early on in the story. Well, for starters the main character rapes an underage girl pretty early on in the story. When I added it to my Goodreads page however, I noticed that this book also has a legion of anti-fans who have reviewed the book with a vitriol that had me pretty excited to see which side of the fence I would fall on. While reading it, another coworker saw me reading it and mentioned that they also loved this book. I was recommended this book by a co-worker who usually has pretty similar tastes as I do. Lord Foul’s Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1)
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