

Mordant’s Need is a two-part series, a long novel that was broken up into two parts, and features a unique magic system and court intrigue that rivals the “ Game of Thrones”.

His stories are characterized by a sense of moral bleakness, complex psychological reasoning, and a fondness for arcane vocabulary. He currently lives in New Mexico.ĭonaldson is best known for his long-running series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, a fantasy about a man who suffered from leprosy and was called to an alternate world to save it. Later, he would gain a bachelor’s degree from The College of Wooster and a Master’s from Kent State.

He attended the Kodaikanal International School. He spent much of his youth in India due to his father’s work as an orthopedic surgeon in that country.
