About the book: 2002 / Keepers of the Lightning - doesn’t this remind you of anything? Yes, of course! The shadow of the great Tolkien hovers over the pages of this book. Shadow - because where in Tolkien’s trilogy there is white, in Nichols’ novel it is black. Not all elves here are noble and fair, not all orcs are treacherous and vengeful. And the sacred artifact, which the elven queen sends the orcs to obtain, does not promise anything good except for a new terrible danger...