The Children Of Hurin

J.R.R. Tolkien'sThe Children of Hrinis one of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days. This paperback edition includes eight color paintings by renowned Tolkien illustrator Alan Lee and a black-and-white map.The Children of Hrinis the first complete book by Tolkien since the 1977 publication ofThe Silmarillion.Six thousand years before the One Ring is destroyed, Middle-earth lies under the shadow of the Dark Lord Morgoth. The greatest warriors among elves and men have perished, and all is in darkness and despair. But a deadly new leader rises, Trin, son of Hrin, and with his grim band of outlaws begins to turn the tide in the war for Middle-earthawaiting the day he confronts his destiny and the deadly curse laid upon him.