He called himself thomas covenant the unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet the land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever ...He called himself thomas covenant the unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet the land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah.