Cover of The Last Dark

The Last Dark

core novel 2013 The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Record

First published2013
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.08 (3,939 ratings, collected 2026-09-13)
Page count557
First-edition ISBN9780575076020
Internal chronology10

Synopsis

The Last Dark brings the Thomas Covenant saga to its close as Covenant, Linden Avery, her son Jeremiah, and their allies among the Giants and Haruchai face the awakened Worm of the World's End alongside the culmination of Lord Foul's ancient design against the Land. With the Land's survival, and the integrity of time itself, hanging in the balance, Linden must weigh what she is willing to risk to save her son against the cost such a rescue might exact from everyone and everything she has come to love in the Land. Long-standing questions about the true nature of Lord Foul, the Creator, and Covenant's own role in the Land's fate move toward resolution as the company's separate struggles converge on a final reckoning.

Where it sits

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

  • Publication order, within the series The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: position 4 of 4: previous Against All Things Ending (2010)
  • Internal chronology, within The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: position 10 of 10: previous Against All Things Ending (2010)

Sources

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