About the book: year / I dedicated my novel to 9 ring-bearers - the very terrifying dark ghosts that Frodo encountered at the end of the 3rd era. However, the action takes place over 5 thousand years before the fall of the Lord of the Rings - in the middle of the 2nd era. In those days when Númenor, the blessed land, the gift of the Valar to people, still shone over the sea; when the barbarian kingdoms scattered across the face of Middle-earth squabbled among themselves like a pack of hungry dogs, knowing neither wisdom nor love; when the small, peace-loving people of hobbits lived nestled near the shores of Anduin the Great and did not even suspect how easily their well-being could be destroyed... Yes, before the fall of Sauron there were still 5 thousand years, and only 9 babies appeared in different parts of Middle-earth. On these pages is their tragic story: childhood, youth... They loved, suffered, hated, fought - many trials awaited them in a life that was not so long, like a storm that flew by…