This book tells the full story of how Tolkien embarked on the creation of Middle-earth as the world around him was plunged into the catastrophe of World War I. It reveals the horror and heroism that he experienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme and introduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology into life. It shows how, after two of these brilliant young men were killed, Tolkien pursued the dream they had all shared by...

Paid piper is a retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin; Red as blood is a retelling of Snow White; Thorns is a retelling of Sleeping beauty; When the clock strikes is a retelling of Cinderella; The golden rope is a retelling of Rapunzel; The princess and her future is a retelling of The frog prince; Wolfland is a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood; Black as ink is a retelling of Swan lake; Beauty is a retelling of Beauty and the beast.

An anthology of short stories set during the time of the Horus Heresy, featuring tales by star writers Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill, James Swallow, Mike Lee and more.

From the publisher. The Treason of Isengard is the seventh volume in Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle-earth and the second in his account of the evolution of The Lord of the Rings. In this book, following the long halt in the darkness of the Mines of Moria with which The Return of the Shadow ended, is traced the great expansion of the tale into new lands and new peoples south and east of the Misty Mountains; the emergence of Lothlorien, of...

When Alice tumbles down, down, down a rabbit-hole one hot summer's afternoon in pursuit of a White Rabbit, she finds herself in Wonderland. And there begin the fantastical adventures that will see her experiencing extraordinary changes in size, swimming in a pool of her own tears and attending the very maddest of tea parties. For Wonderland is no ordinary place and the characters that populate it are quite unlike anybody young Alice has ever met before....

An A to Z glossary of terms used throughout an imaginary tour of Fantasyland.

Collects short dark tales involving haunted houses, harpies, and alternate dimensions, by such famous genre authors as Peter Straub, Kelley Armstrong, and Holly Black.

The latest novel in the Black Library's flagship SF series which tells the story of the Horus Heresy introduces the story of the Alpha Legion and their primarch Alpharius and details the trials of the Imperial army.