The Children of Húrin

✍ Scribed by Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel; Tolkien, Christopher

• Book ID: 110289671
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 794 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780007322589

✦ Synopsis

SUMMARY: The Children of Húrin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The 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, Túrin, son of Húrin, and with his grim band of outlaws begins to turn the tide in the war for Middle-earth -- awaiting the day he confronts his destiny and the deadly curse laid upon him.The paperback edition of The Children of Húrin includes eight color paintings by Alan Lee and a black-and-white map.