The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien
From J.R.R. Tolkien, the world-famous author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, comes his first stand-alone book in thirty years, fully completed by his son, Christopher Tolkien, and illustrated by renowned artist Alan Lee. The Children of Húrin takes readers to an area of Middle-earth that was to be drowned before Hobbits ever appeared, at a time when the great enemies were still the fallen Vala, Morgoth, and Sauren. This is the epic tale of Húrin (the man who defied Morgoth's force of evil), his family's destiny, and his son Turin Turambar's travails through the lost world of Beleriand. Fans will be reunited with Elves and Men, Dragons and Dwarves, and Eagles and Orcs in this stirring tale.
And I just happen to be going to Barnes & Noble tonight!
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I'm such a geek. Next trip to the bookstore, I'm all over that. Thanks, BMom
(Incidentally, here's a link to the game I've been beta testing since August of last year. It's in free beta right now, but you need to have a computer able to run it, and I don't know how many non-gamers really have computers who can run games like this, if that makes sense. There are some videos at the bottom of the page, and if you're a LOTR geek, it's neat to see some of the book's landmarks that the movies left out and couldn't really deal with in 10 hours of time.)
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