[DiapDealer]

In my opinion (as one who has read all of Donaldson's work except for the very last two), his SciFi Gap Cycle series was far and away his best work.

I read his Covenant books as they were published and loved the first two Chronicles (in '77, a fantasy fan who didn't want to re-read Tolkien again really only had Donaldson and Brooks to choose from). There were plenty of characters for me to love even if the main character was an ass. Though I understand perfectly about it being a deal-breaker for some. I felt the exact same way about the protag in Robin Hobbs' Soldier Son Trilogy. The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant was 100% inflated ego twaddle in my opinion.

Mordant's Need was meh, as was The Man Who... mysteries. He needs to return to Scifi, but apparently, he's back to the old epic fantasy gravy-train with Great God's War. I'm done with Donaldson. Didn't even realize he's got two books published I haven't read until looking up things for this post.