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Hobbits and wizards and Sauron--oh, my! Mild-mannered Oxford scholar John Ronald Reuel Tolkien had little inkling when he published The Hobbit; Or, There and Back Again in 1937 that, once hobbits were unleashed upon the world, there would be no turning back. Hobbits are, of course, small, furry creatures who love nothing better than a leisurely life quite free from adventure. But in that first novel and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo and their elfish friends get swept up into a mighty conflict with the dragon Smaug, the dark lord Sauron (who owes much to proud Satan in Paradise Lost), the monstrous Gollum, the Cracks of Doom, and the awful power of the magical Ring. The four books' characters--good and evil--are ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Tor is proud to publish the new novel in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, New Spring: The Novel. This 334 page novel finally completes the tale begun in the 80 page story originally published in 1998. This "eagerly awaited" novel is not only "sure to captivate," but "more than lives up to its high expectations" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). For the first time, New Spring: The Novel reveals the events preceding the series-long story that began with The Eye of the World. Robert Jordan takes us to the first monumental events of The Wheel of Time by telling the story of the birth of an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before the evil forces of the Shadow find and kill him. Two young people, bo... Rest of this review on the detail page
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A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality. Very quickly transformed by magic into a grown man of heroic proportions, he takes the name Abel and sets out on a quest to find the sword that has been promised to him, a sword he will get from a dragon, the one very special blade that will help him fulfill his life ambition to become a knight and a true hero. Inside, however, Abel remains a boy, and he must grow in every sense to survive the dangers and delights that lie ahead in encounters with giants, elves, wizards, and dragons. His adventure will conclude next year in the second volume of The Wizard Knight, The Wizard.Gene Wolfe is one of the most widely praised masters of ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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