introduction

This book that you hold now in your hands will change your life.

This may seem an impossible claim, and yet claim it I do!  For the tale, nay, the epic tale which you are about to uncover, is nothing less than the entire secret history of the War of the Ring, and how the King was restored to our Middle-earth.

Hoho!  So this is how things might be in the future, working in a collaborative relationship with those of the Grey Repository, eh?  Well it's never too late for a Captain of Bree to amend his mistakes, and surely not for this one!  Better to start now, than never, hoho!

    Aethylwen breathed in the morning air and groaned as she sat up. After 12 days traveling afoot, she felt every one of her 35 years upon her. She dimly recalled a time, 18 years ago, when she felt that the trip from Lossarnach to Minas Tirith had spanned the whole of Middle Earth, and smiled slightly at the memory. Her companion was nowhere in sight, but Aethylwen was used to it. Berengol would often scout ahead before they broke camp in the mornings. She had no idea how far they had traveled, but she felt sure they were getting close.