In the third volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy the good and evil forces join battle, and we see that the triumph of good is not absolute. The Third Age of Middle-earth ends, and the age of the dominion of Men begins. "An impressive achievement, unique among the imaginative works of our times." -- New York Herald Tribune
The great tale of wonder, like the great novel, is not a preoccupation of children... the adult mind has, if anything, greater need of fantasy than that of a child... In The Lord of the Rings, a whole secondary world is created and successfully sustained through three large volumes. these are sure to remain Tolkien's life work, and are cetainly destined to outlast our time.