Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen Donaldson

Comparable to Tolkien at his best WASHINGTON POSTInstantly recognised as a modern fantasy classic, Stephen Donaldsons uniquely imaginative and complex THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT, THE UNBELIEVER became a bestselling literary phenomenon that transformed the genre.Lying unconscious after an accident, writer Thomas Covenant awakes in the Land a strange, beautiful world locked in constant conflict between good and evil.But Covenant, too, has been weak, angry, and alone in our world, he now holds powers beyond imagining and is greeted as a saviour. Can this man truly become the hero the Land requires