Chapter 1-3 Summary

The Power That Preserves is the third book in the Thomas Covenant series. Thomas Covenant is a leper in the real world who is called back to the Land, a place that Covenant is certain is only a figment of his imagination. Although he has no belief in the Land he has grown to love it and undertakes the journey to destroy Lord Foul, the destroyer of the Land. Covenant is able to save the Land but before being transported back to his own world he is given the choice of living out his life free of leprosy in the Land or returning to his world. Covenant chooses his own world and is happy to be alive.

As chapter one begins, Thomas Covenant is trying to adjust to life in his reality. It has only been days since he was in...