The Silmarillion

For the first time ever a very special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings illustrated throughout in color by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colors. The Silmarillion  fills in the background which lies behind the more popular work and gives the earlier history of Middle-earth introducing some of the key characters. The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels fashioned by Fëanor most gifted of the Elves and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord Morgoth stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth and their war hopeless despite all the heroism against the grea