Thomas Covenant leads the expedition to the First Tree, from whose branch the Staff of the Law was once cut. Now that Staff is lost, and in order to create a new one, the ship of the Giants "Star Gemma" goes on a distant search - for without the Staff the magical Country cannot overcome the curse of the Solar Poison... The novel "The First Tree" continues the story of the adventures of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever . Stephen Donaldson's heroes face many trials, and not all of them will be able to adequately resist the temptation of power and the temptation of powerlessness, the bitterness of loyalty and the sweetness of betrayal...