The tone is heroic both the heroes and the villains greater than lifesize. New York Times Book Review Unfinished Tales of Nmenor and Middleearth concentrates on the lands of Middleearth and comprises Gandalfs lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at BagEnd the story of the emergence of the sea god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan and the journey of the Black Riders during the hunt for the Ring. It also contains the only surviving story about the long ages of Nmenor before its downfall and all that is known about the Five Wizards sent to Middleearth as emissaries of the Valar about the Seeing Stones known as palantri and about the legend of Amroth. Edited and with an introduction commentary index and maps by Christopher Tolkien. An indispensable volume illuminating many unknown stories and details of Middleearth unavailable elsewhere. Douglas A. Anderson author of The Annotated Hobbit show more