DARK POWERS OF TOLKIEN: Deluxe Edition

2026 new publication we are thrilled to offer from our dear friend the Tolkien expert and one-time Canadian lumberjack David Day. Here he examines the mighty antagonistic forces at work in Tolkien's writing and the very nature of evil itself. As a Christian medieval scholar, J. R. R. Tolkien's profound moral and philosophical convictions deeply inform the narrative that plays out in his books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. In five parts, David looks at Melkor, Morgoth the Dark Enemy and Ungoliant, the Dark Terror, Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs, Boldog, the Trolls of Angband, Draugluin Father of Werewolves, and Ancalagon the Winged Fire-Drake among them, all exquisitely depicted in glorious artworks, many commissioned especially for this publication by the likes of Mauro Mazzarra, Lidia Postma, Kip Rasmussen, Alan Curless and others. Other chapters cover Sauron the Necromancer in the Third Age and The War of the Ring, charting the battles and the Black Riders of the Shire, the Great Spider of Cirith Ungol and the Witch-King among them. Dark artwork on the endpapers, glowing colour and other exquisite artistry throughout. 256pp, 18.5 x 23.5cm. Stunning colour illustrations, satin bookmark, mock leather binding with gold tooling and gilt-edge pages, embossed gilded cover.