The one tree is a fantasy novel by american writer stephen r donaldson the second book of the second trilogy of the chronicles of thomas covenant series it is followed by white gold wielderthis book differs from the others in the first and second chronicles in that the story takes place outside of the land although still in the same world. The one tree is a transition book that sets the stage for the final book in the trilogy much remains to be resolved even so the story of the quest for the one tree is impressive in its own right. The one tree is the second book in the second covenant series and is thus the 5th novel in the sequence it is also perhaps my favorite in the entire first two series i have not read the third series yet this re read of the originals is my preparation for doing that. The tree quartet imagines four trees roughly situated at four corners of a piece of the allee as receivers transmitters conduits for sound the trees listen they perform they are performed by people wind birds. While theres a one tree hill reunion happening on lifetime a few other tree hill residents are also heading to television this holiday season for their own celebrations of the christmas contract