J.R.R. Tolkien

The One Ring — forged by the Dark Lord Sauron to rule all others — has passed from Bilbo Baggins to his young cousin Frodo, who must now carry it far from the safety of the Shire. Guided by the wizard Gandalf, Frodo sets out on a desperate journey across Middle-earth to the only place where the Ring can be destroyed: the fires of Mount Doom deep within Sauron’s realm of Mordor. Joined by a company of nine — hobbits, men, an elf, a dwarf, and a wizard — the Fellowship of the Ring faces ancient evils, treacherous paths, and the ever-growing pull of the Ring’s dark power, in a quest where the fate of all free peoples hangs in the balance.