The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings [Paperback]

The Fellowship of the Ringis the first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic high fantasy adventure,The Lord of the Rings.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told inThe Hobbit. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task in this classic tale of good vs evil, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.

A unique, wholly realized other world, evoked from deep in the well of Time, massively detailed, absorbingly entertaining, profound in meaning. The New York Times

Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron. -- C.S. Lewis

Destined to outlast our time. The New York Herald-Tribune

Exciting... Mr. Tolkien's invention is unflagging -- W.H. Auden