The Two Towers Author:Tolkien, J.R.R. The Two Towers recounts the further adventures of the band of companions introduced in The Fellowship of the Ring. Frodo, unwilling heir to the One Ring, has decided that it is his task and his alone to carry the Ring back to the Fire that will consume its power for evil. Accompanied only by his servant, Sam Gamgee, he is making his way eastw... more »ard to the ghastly borders of Modor, the Land of the Enemy. Meanwhile, his companions in the fellowship of the Ring are caught in the strategy of the traitor Saruman and pass on to battle and peril in the West. Secure in his immense power the Enemy marshalls his forces. The book ends with the coming of the great Darkness which opens the terrible War of the Rings. How that war was fought, and what became of Frodo and his companions is told in the third and final part, The Return of the King.« less