Stone and sea are deep in life Two unalterable symbols of the world Permanence at rest And permanence in motion Participants in the power that remains

Lewis Robert E. With the second book of that series Fatal Revenant Donaldson again attained bestseller status when the book reached number 12 on the New York Times Bestseller List in October 2007. Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13 1947) is an American fantasy science fiction and mystery novelist most famous for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant his ten-novel fantasy series.

In the United Kingdom he is usually called "Stephen Donaldson" (without the "R"). Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13 1947) is an American fantasy science fiction and mystery novelist most famous for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant his ten-novel fantasy series.