White Gold Wielder

core novel 1983 The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Record

First published	1983
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.06 (19,667 ratings, collected 2026-09-13)
Page count	485
First-edition ISBN	9780006167778
Internal chronology	6

Synopsis

White Gold Wielder concludes the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant as the company's ship becomes trapped in ice in the far north after their search for the One Tree, forcing Covenant, Linden Avery and their surviving companions into a punishing overland trek south toward Revelstone. There they must confront the Clave, the corrupt priesthood that has seized power over the ravaged Land and built its authority on the blood of its own people, even as Lord Foul's design for the Land's final ruin draws closer to completion. Covenant, still carrying the burden of the white gold ring and the violence the Sunbane has forced from him, must decide how far he is willing to go, and what he is willing to sacrifice, to give the Land any chance of survival.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
• Series: The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Stephen R. Donaldson

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 Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: position 3 of 3: previous The One Tree (1982)
• Internal chronology, within The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: position 6 of 10: previous The One Tree (1982) · next The Runes of the Earth (2004)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant
• https://sf-encyclopedia.com
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Gold_Wielder

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