As Sauron's armies gather and his evil shadow extends ever deeper into Middle-earth, Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents join forces to fight against the Darkness. Gandalf, for his part, develops a desperate strategy to triumph over evil. Mordor has armed itself, its evil creatures have multiplied, the response is being prepared. If the Ring falls into the hands of the Dark Lord, who can stop him? All hopes rest on Frodo and Sam, who struggle to reach the Mountain of Fire in order to destroy, once and for all, the Ring of Sauron. A masterpiece of fantasy, the discovery of an imaginary world, its geography, its history and its languages, but also a reflection on power and death, The Lord of the Rings is unparalleled in its power of evocation, its breath and its scale. This translation by Daniel Lauzon takes into account the latest version of the English text, the indications left by Tolkien for translators and the discoveries made possible by the posthumous publications proposed by Christopher Tolkien. This volume contains 15 illustrations by Alan Lee, as well as two color maps of Middle-earth.