In the Shire, a quiet corner of Middle-earth where hobbits live comfortable and unadventurous lives, young Frodo Baggins inherits a plain gold ring from his elderly cousin Bilbo. When the wizard Gandalf reveals it to be the One Ring - forged by the Dark Lord Sauron to dominate all of Middle-earth - Frodo must leave everything he knows and carry it to the only place it can be destroyed: the fires of Mount Doom in the heart of Mordor. He is joined by eight companions - hobbits, men, an elf, a dwarf, and a wizard - who form the Fellowship of the Ring. The first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, a journey from the familiar comforts of home into a world of ancient beauty and mounting peril.
