This brand-new unabridged audio book of The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings, is read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author, Andy Serkis. In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power – the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron’s evil dominion. Thus begins J. R. R. Tolkien’s classic tale of adventure, which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of the King. ‘The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.’ Sunday Times ‘A story magnificently told, with every kind of colour and movement and greatness.’ New Statesman ‘ Masterpiece? Oh yes, I’ve no doubt about that.’ Evening Standard ‘ Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘ Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron.’ C.S. Lewis J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 50 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. • Part One of Tolkien’s great masterwork • One of the greatest works of imaginative fiction in the English language • The acknowledged Book of the 20th Century, with sales in excess of 100,000,000 worldwide • More than 15 million people in the UK saw 'The Lord of the Rings' films • Read by Andy Serkis, best known for playing Gollum in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy Competition: A Game of Thrones ;Song of Ice and Fire; The Witcher; Chronicles of Narnia; His Dark Materials; Hunger Games; Shadow and bone; Wheel of Time; Dune; Winter King; Eye of the World; Discovery of Witches. By: George R R Martin; Ursula K Le Guin; C S Lewis; Philip Pullman; Neil Gaiman; J K Rowling; Christopher Tolkien