The Adamant of Henna

After putting the final point in “The Lord of the Rings,” Professor Tolkien closed the door to the world he created—of elves and dwarves, orcs and goblins, hobbits and people—and threw away the magical key. Only one writer—Nаk Perumov—managed to grasp a guiding thread into that mysterious and fragile world of Middle-earth. The task turned out to be difficult: every wrong step threatened the loss of the path, every inaccurate word could kill the magic. But talent prevailed. Tolkien’s world came alive, transformed, and played with new—previously unknown—colors and… turned into the world of Nik Perumov. And what was intended as a free continuation of “The Lord of the Rings” grew into a vivid, engaging epic—one of the most prominent in Russian and world fantasy.