ThelegendaryprecursortoTheLordoftheRings“Acreationofsingularbeauty...magnificentinitsbestmoments.“--TheWashingtonPostSetprimarilyintheFirstAgeofMiddle-earth,TheSilmarillioncontainsthelegendofthecreationoftheworldandanaccountoftheElderDays.ItistheancientdramarememberedbyElrondandGaladrielinTheLordoftheRings,andtheharrowingoriginoftheadventurethatendsageslaterwithFrodoandtheOneRing.Atthestory’sheartarethethreeSilmarils,jewelsthatheldwithinthemtheLightoftheTwoTreesofValinor,andF禱anor,themostgiftedofelvenartificers.WhentheTwoTreesaredestroyed,theSilmarilsbecomecoveted,settingintomotioneventsthatleadtotherebellionofF禱anorandhiskindredagainstthegods,theirexilefromValinor,andtheirhopelesswaragainstthegreatestenemyMiddle-earthhaseverknown:Morgoth.
