The middle novel in The Lord of the Ringsthe greatest fantasy epic of all timewhichbegan in The Fellowship of the Ring, and which reaches its magnificent climax in The Return of the King.

Nominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSs The Great American Read

The Fellowship is scattered. Some brace hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Others must contend with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam are left to take the One Ring, ruler of the accursed Rings of Power, to be destroyed in Mordor, the dark realm where Sauron is supreme. Their guide is Gollum, deceitful and obsessive slave to the corruption of the Ring.