Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings (2)
Paperback, 352 pages
English language
Published April 27, 1982 by Houghton Mifflin.
The Two Towers. Book Two in J.R.R. Tolkien's acclaimed trilogy, a masterpiece of high fantasy.
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs.
Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
~from the back cover
Content warning Spoiler
Gollum and Sam are more interesting characters than I remembered. I wonder what diagnoses a psychologist would come up with for Gollum. But my favorite part is when Gimli breaks out into praise for the caverns at Helm’s Deep, so eloquently that Legolas is willing to go back and revisit them with Gimli, and I’m ready to go see them too.
