'The Fellowship of the Ring' is the first part of JRR Tolkien's epicmasterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings'. This paperback edition has theclassic black cover featuring Tolkien's own design and includes thedefinitive edition of the text. In a sleepy village in the Shire, a younghobbit is entrusted with an immense task,. He must make a perilous journeyacross Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ringof Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord's evil purpose. JRRTolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both aheroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely,epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of sceneand character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in itsdetail. Part of a set of three paperbacks, this popular edition is onceagain available in its classic black livery designed by Tolkien himself.