Daniel Martin's Reviews > Lord Foul's Bane

The first thing you have to know about this series, and this is the real pivotal point in whether you want to read them or not, is that Thomas Coveenant is NOT A HERO. Like, in any sense. There are a couple really fantastic heroes in this book, but all of the chapters in the 1st book, and the majority thereafter all center around covenant, the unbeliever.
The story of the book is honestly a little trite. An evil lord threatening a beautiful land. Covenenant has an important ring.
But! Thomas, oh thomas. He's jealous, bitter, frustrated, cynical -- you want to criticize him for not being all heroic and shit, but... there's good reasons for him not to be.
**spoilers (barely, almost what you get off the back cover)**
Thomas covenant is a leper. A famous author who had it all, and lost it instantly. So, he's tossed into this imaginary world where disease isn't even a concept-- so what does he do? Just believe in it? It's not like, "lucky you, you're healthy!" He figures if he does, the second he wakes back up, as a leper, outcast, unclean , and alone, he would kill himself. Put yourself in his shoes here~ So that's the premise of the story; and it's good. Just accept him as a poor, incredibly unfortunate leper, not as a hero, and you'll like it.