Thomas Covenant Books In Film Deal Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. I don’t care that Covenant’s character was unique (so far as I know; it’s a long time since I read a lot of fantasy novels) for his unbelief in the world he found himself in. I don’t care that he was a modern-day leper who found himself miraculously cured of his ailment soon after waking up in The Land, forgiven for his many and continuing transgressions by the inhabitants of the fantasy world that he refused to believe was real, and worshiped for his ability to defeat the Big Bad Evil…