Friday, May 23, 2008

Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien is the latest book to be published posthumously in the Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth Fantasy series. It was enjoyable, and it is nice to see continuity in imaginary worlds. This story follows the Turin, son of Hurin, during the First Age of Middle Earth (the Lord of the Rings occurs in the Third Age) and his struggle against the Dark Lord Morgoth. In the Lord of the Rings, Sauron is the enemy, but in this story, Sauron is never mentioned and is indeed just an officer to Morgoth. I would recommend it to anyone who liked Lord of the Rings, but you can read this book without knowing anything else in the series. You might find yourself a bit confused by all of the names, but don't let that stop you from enjoying it!

1 comments:

Faerylandmom said...

Sweet. I can't wait to get it...