Stephen Donaldson. Sila, kotoraya zashchishchaet (The Power That Preserves)

Etot mir skoro neobratimo izmenitsya, v nem bolshe ne budet mesta dlya istiny i krasoty. Sem let lordy, mudretsy i prostye lyudi Strany otvazhno protivostoyat temnym ordam lorda Faula Prezirayushchego, no s kazhdym dnem nadezhdy ostaetsya vse menshe. A teper eshche i novaya napast - vesna tak ne i nastupila, i kolyuchie vetra zloveshchey zimy vdyhayut otchayanie dazhe v samye stoykie serdtsa. I togda verhovnyy lord Morem reshaet vnov, v tretiy i posledniy raz, prizvat v mir Strany Tomasa Kovenanta Neveruyushchego, nadelennogo yaroy magiey belogo zolota. Dvazhdy Kovenant prihodil po zovu lordov, i dvazhdy on prinosil odni lish bedy. No esli kto-to i mozhet spasti mir ot zloby Prezirayushchego, to tolko on.