Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit this is the final part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings Featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design the definitive text & a detailed map of Middle-earth The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider Men Dwarves Elves & Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark Meanwhile Frodo & Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring Impossible to describe in a few words JRR Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance & a classic fantasy fiction By turns comic & homely epic & diabolic the narrative moves through countless changes of scene & character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal