Τα Παιδιά του Χούριν (PB)

There are stories of Middle-earth that speak of times long before The Lord of the Rings.

Such is the story of this book, set in the great land beyond the Grey Havens in the West, in regions once traveled by the Tree-father, but later flooded by the great deluge that ended the First Age of the World.

In that distant time, Morgoth, the Dark Lord, dwelled in the vast fortress of Angband, the Iron Hell in the North. And the tragedy of Túrin and his sister Niënor unfolds under the shadow of the fear of Angband and Morgoth’s war against the Elves.

Their short and passionate lives are shaped by the profound hatred Morgoth bore against them because they were children of Húrin, the man who dared to defy and mock him to his face. Thus, he sends against them his most terrible servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon that breathes fire.

The Dark Lord and the Dragon pursue their aims in an age of barbarism and devastation, full of hiding places, pursuits, and desperate attempts at resistance. Ruthless and mighty, Glaurung shaped the fate of Túrin and Niënor with cunning and devilish lies, thus fulfilling Morgoth’s curse.