"RING OF DARKNESS"

by Nick Perumov

A Russian continuation of J.R.R.Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings"

Middle-Earth 300 years later.

Last Updated: Nov. 23, 2002 - yes! I'm alive! And I've resumed working on these. I have moved my site to http://escape.undreamed.ca, and that is where the translations shall now reside. I have permission from the author to continue, and I will put up the existing chapters and continue with the translations on the new website. This will remain, but will not longer be updated. Oh, and disregard the old email links throughout this site here, that email no longer exists, please mail me at ocelot_eyes@undreamed.ca.

"The West and East will shudder -

The Power is in the Hand.

Nine stars – a blue flower,

A blue flower upon the blade."

This book, written by Nick Perumov and published by "Severo-Zapad" ("North-West") in St-Petersburg, Russia in 1993, is a continuation of the book we have all come to love - J.R.R Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings". It deals with a hobbit, Folco Brandybuck, his dwarf friends Thorin and 'Kiddy' (the nickname of a dwarf named Strori), and their duty to stop the newest reincarnation of evil in Middle-Earth in the Fourth Age. This book consists of two volumes - "The Elven Blade" and "The Black Spear", which make up the "Ring of Darkness". (there is aso a third book called "Adamant (Diamond) of Henna", which I also hope to summarize - once I finish this project)

This book follows the tradition of "Lord of the Rings" well, it is well-written and an interesting read for fans of "Lord of the Rings", especially those that live in Russia. As far as I know, it has not been translated into English yet, so I am here to correct that. I will only summarize (not translate, sorry) as much of the book as I can for non-Russian readers. ^_^ (excited yet?) I will not translate this anymore. However I will continue summarizing, since I don't think that breaks any copyright laws and makes more interest in the book - maybe someone else with permission will translate the book into English, finally.

However, if someone finds a copyright infringement on this page or the author changes his mind and wants me to take it down, or the book comes out translated in English officially, this page WILL BE TAKEN DOWN. (if you're an official and want it offline immediately - email me at ocelot_eyes@undreamed.ca please and I will take it off ASAP unless some great disaster happens or something. But please don't sue me!)

THE SCANS

The front cover of "The Elven Blade"

The back cover of "The Elven Blade"

The front cover of "The Black Spear"

The back cover of "The Black Spear"

THE MAPS

The Middle-Earth we know - 300 years later

A whole new region - Middle-Earth East.

THE SUMMARIES

Chapter 1 - "Hobbit and Dwarf" (SORRY, DOWN FOR NOW, BEING SUMMARIZED)

Chapter 2 - "In Search of the Pony" (SUMMARY)

Chapter 3 - "Beyond the Turn" (SUMMARY)

Chapter 4 - "Lessons in Bree" (SUMMARY)

Chapter 5 - "Rogwold" (SUMMARY)

Chapter 6 - "The Barrow-Downs" (SORRY, DOWN FOR NOW, BEING SUMMARIZED)

Summary of the book (COMING VERY VERY SOON!! no really!)

THE DISCUSSION FORUM

Discuss "Ring of Darkness" and "Lord of the Rings" here! (I will be there as Estelle the Elf)

All summaries done by Nadya Neklioudova. This is only a summary page (made around Oct. 15, 1998) of the book by a fan, for fans. It is written by Nick Perumov, as stated above. Published in Russian by "Severo-Zapad" ("North-West") in St-Petersburg, Russia in 1993. Please don’t sue me, hey I gave all the credits and I’m not copying the work, I’m only summarizing it. But if anyone finds any copyright infringement on this and wants this offline immediately or if the author wants this page taken down – please send email to ocelot_eyes@undreamed.ca and I will take it off immediately unless something terrible happens to me, but please don’t sue me. And please don’t copy my summaries and say it’s yours! I worked hard on these. However, feel free to link to this - maybe if this book gets enough interest, it will actually be fully translated into English. And until then, there are my summaries. Webpage space given by Geocities.