⏳编辑推荐 💤尼尔·盖曼成名力作，美漫的里程碑 尼尔·盖曼（NeilGaiman）是欧美文坛备受瞩目的巨星、重要的畅销漫画作者，也是著名的幻想小说作家和无数奖项获得者，被《文学传记辞典》誉为十大后现代作家之一。《睡魔》作为尼尔·盖曼的成名作，是美国漫画巨头DC公司Vertigo的重要作品，自问世以来，在评论界与读者中均收获极高评价。它开创了一种新的漫画形式，将诗歌般的语言、超级英雄的类型化故事，与华丽精彩的幻想完美融合。 作为里程碑式的杰作，《睡魔》在全世界范围内收获了无数粉丝，根据原著改编的广播剧正在热播中，詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊（《赎罪》《X战警》）献声“睡魔”一角；网飞公司投资拍摄的衍生网剧也在紧锣密鼓地拍摄中。 💤宏大的背景框架，华丽多姿的艺术风格 《睡魔》由数部独立的篇章组成，但所有故事又有着千丝万缕的联系。其构架宏大，跨越无限时空：可以在中国西域的大漠，也可能在中古黑暗时代的欧洲。而其中涉及的人物，既有莎士比亚、开膛手杰克等历史人物，又有DC宇宙中那些闻名于世的超级英雄：超人、蝙蝠侠、康斯坦丁，以及路西法……《睡魔》不同的主题和篇章，都由不同的漫画家参与绘制。所以，它充满了多元化的个人风格，画面语言如梦境般多姿多彩。而艺术家大卫·麦基恩为该系列所设计的封面，更已成为公认的艺术作品。 💤梦境出现，现实灭亡，它们此消彼长 一边是充斥着无聊罪恶的纽约，一边是居住着人马与牧神的童话大陆，而一位名叫“杜鹃”的小女孩的出现将这两个世界连接了起来：纽约市中心突然出现一只长毛大狗，童话大陆也被黑骑士占领，就如同小女孩的名字一般，她好像杜鹃寄生一样要占领两片世界…… 《睡魔5》的一切只能在梦中才能被勾绘，现实与梦境之间，两个世界不断地冲撞、交叉、震荡和扭曲。其中的主人公也曾以路过者身份出现在前作故事里，人物关系千丝万缕，如同稠密的梦境一般。更值得一提的是，《睡魔5》里出现了代表性少数群体的人物形象，为这部奇幻大作加入了现实主义的思辨。 💤深邃奇妙的故事、诗意华美的语言 作为当代极为重要的欧美幻想作家，尼尔·盖曼为此奉献了他深邃奇妙的幻想，使《睡魔》具有了梦一般的迷人特质。其广袤、辽阔而迷人的故事与对白，更使得《睡魔》在欧美文学中占有一席之地。 💫内容简介 《睡魔》是史上极为畅销和广受好评的漫画作品。它设立了漫画领域中成熟、诗意的幻想的标准。 睡魔，一位身穿黑色风衣、有着星辰般双眼的忧郁男子。他既非神祇，也非魔鬼，更不是超级英雄，他是诞生于尼尔•盖曼笔下的“梦之主宰”，是DC宇宙中强大而神秘的无尽家族的一员。 作为尼尔•盖曼的成名作，《睡魔》以深邃绚丽、富有诗意的笔调，讲述了这位梦之主宰的传奇。它由数部独立的篇章组成，但所有故事又有着千丝万缕的联系。其构架宏大，跨越无限时空：从远古蛮荒到纽约街头，从现实到幻境，无论神鬼精灵、超级英雄，还是庸碌一生的凡人，都参与了这部悲喜剧的演出。而不同漫画家的参与，更使《睡魔》充满了多元化的艺术风格，画面语言如梦境般多姿多彩。 自问世以来，《睡魔》便好评如潮，荣获世界奇幻奖、艾斯纳奖、安古兰漫画节编剧奖等奖项，登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜，并被《娱乐周刊》评为“1983年—2008年百部必读书籍”。《睡魔》已成为与《守望者》《黑暗骑士归来》齐名的漫画杰作，并演变成一种影响全球的文化现象。 第五卷《一场游戏一场梦》讲述了两个世界的故事。一个是有着各种奇幻生物的梦之大陆，这里的居民祈祷着预言里的公主出现，带领他们摆脱“杜鹃”的邪恶统治。而另一个是人类的世界，在纽约生活的芭比过着消沉的生活。有一天，芭比在和邻居旺达逛街的时候，碰到了她童年梦中的朋友——一只巨大的狗型生物。此时，两个世界的命运被连接在一起…… 🌀媒体与名人推荐 无论你早已耳熟能详，抑或只是初闻，这都是你必买的一部杰作。尼尔·盖曼带来的绚丽的奇思妙想及精致的技巧，并不逊色于任何一部文学史上的巨著。 ——IGN网站 尼尔•盖曼是一个堆满故事的宝库，无论以何种媒介阅读他，都是我们的幸运。 ——斯蒂芬·金 有史以来最伟大、最独特的漫画作品。 ——《洛杉矶时代杂志》

《美国众神》《坟场之书》《星尘》作者、奇幻大师尼尔·盖曼成名力作 世界奇幻奖、艾斯纳奖、安古兰获奖作品 IGN首佳漫画、《纽约时报》畅销书榜 《娱乐周刊》“1983-2008百佳读物” ................... ※编辑推荐※ 《睡魔》是美国奇幻大师尼尔· 盖曼的成名之作，也是他广受欢迎的作品。自问世以来，《睡魔》便好评如潮，荣获世界奇幻奖、艾斯纳奖、安古兰漫画节编剧奖等奖项，登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜，并被《娱乐周刊》评为“1983年—2008年百部必读书籍”。《睡魔》已成为一部在欧美家喻户晓的漫画杰作，并演变成一种影响全球的文化现象。 ★ 尼尔·盖曼成名力作：尼尔·盖曼（Neil Gaiman）是欧美文坛深受瞩目的巨星、重要的畅销漫画作者，也是著名的幻想小说作家和无数奖项获得者，被《文学传记辞典》誉为十大后现代作家之一。 ★ 里程碑式的美漫杰作：《睡魔》是美国漫画巨头DC公司Vertigo的重要作品。自问世以来，在评论界与读者中均收获极高评价。它开创了一种新的漫画形式，将诗歌般的语言、超级英雄的类型化故事，同华丽精彩的幻想完美融合。作为里程碑式的杰作，《睡魔》在全世界范围内收获了无数粉丝。 ★ 宏大的背景框架：《睡魔》由数部独立的篇章组成，但所有故事又有着千丝万缕的联系。其构架宏大，跨越无限时空：可以在中国西域的大漠，也可能在中古黑暗时代的欧洲。而其中涉及的人物，既有莎士比亚、开膛手杰克等历史人物，又有DC宇宙中那些闻名于世的超级英雄：超人、蝙蝠侠、康斯坦丁，以及路西法……… ★ 深邃奇妙的故事、诗意华美的语言：作为当代极为重要的欧美幻想作家，尼尔·盖曼为奉献了他深邃奇妙的幻想，使《睡魔》具有了梦一般的迷人特质。其广袤、辽阔而迷人的故事与对白，更使得《睡魔》在欧美文学中占有一席之地。 ★ 华丽多姿的艺术风格：《睡魔》不同的主题和篇章，都由不同的漫画家参与绘制。所以，它充满了多元化的个人风格，画面语言如梦境般多姿多彩。而艺术家大卫·麦基恩为该系列所设计的封面，更已成为公认的艺术作品。 ................... ※内容简介※ 《睡魔》是史上极为畅销和广受好评的漫画作品。它设立了漫画领域中成熟、诗意的幻想的标准。 睡魔，一位身穿黑色风衣、有着星辰般双眼的忧郁男子。他既非神祇，也非魔鬼，更不是超级英雄，他是诞生于尼尔·盖曼笔下的“梦之主宰”，是DC宇宙中强大而神秘的无尽家族的一员。 作为尼尔·盖曼的成名作，《睡魔》以深邃绚丽、富有诗意的笔调，讲述了这位梦之主宰的传奇。它由数部独立的篇章组成，但所有故事又有着千丝万缕的联系。其构架宏大，跨越无限时空：从远古蛮荒到纽约街头，从现实到幻境，无论神鬼精灵、超级英雄，还是庸碌一生的凡人，都参与了这部悲喜剧的演出。而不同漫画家的参与，更使《睡魔》充满了多元化的艺术风格，画面语言如梦境般多姿多彩。 自问世以来，《睡魔》便好评如潮，荣获世界奇幻奖、艾斯纳奖、安古兰漫画节编剧奖等奖项，登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜，并被《娱乐周刊》评为“1983年—2008年百部必读书籍”。《睡魔》已成为与《守望者》《黑暗骑士归来》齐名的漫画杰作，并演变成一种影响全球的文化现象。 第一卷《前奏与夜曲》的故事起源于1916年的英国，睡魔误入“古代秘术兄弟会”的陷阱，遭到囚禁。直到七十年后，他重获自由，并立誓复仇。他需要找回遗失的三件法器：睡沙之袋，落在了约翰·康斯坦丁的手中；梦之头盔，藏于地狱的深处，在恶魔的庇荫之下；而那枚月光红宝石，则被一个名为“命运博士”的罪犯所用，直到正义联盟将它夺走…… ................... ※名人推荐※ 无论你早已耳熟能详，抑或只是初闻，这都是你必买的一本杰作。尼尔·盖曼带来的绚丽的奇思妙想及精致的技巧，并不逊色于任何一部文学史的巨著。 ——IGN 尼尔·盖曼是一个堆满故事的宝库，无论以何种媒介阅读他，都是我们的幸运。 ——斯蒂芬·金 有史以来最伟大、最独特的漫画作品。 ——洛杉矶时代杂志

First ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, and want to learn more about Tolkien’s magnificent world. It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954–5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973. For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as profound as Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Númenor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, and even who had beards! This new collection, which has been edited by Carl F Hostetter, one of the world’s leading Tolkien experts, is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien’s shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page, Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life.

★一座不折不扣的托尔金纸上展览馆，一本涵盖托尔金生平与创作的权威画传。 ★书信、手稿、插画、地图、设计纹样、家庭相册……数百件展品高清大图，不乏首次披露的珍贵文献，印刷精美；书信、手稿展示大量细节，是八卦党与考据党的天堂。 ★六位重量级核心托尔金学者的研究成果，多面展示 托尔金文学创作的本质与精髓。 —————————— 书信、手稿、插画、地图、设计纹样、家庭相册…… 近300件托尔金相关珍贵文献与图片资料一览无遗 一座不折不扣的托尔金纸上展览馆 一本涵盖托尔金生平与创作的权威画传 他是当之无愧的世纪作家，天才的语言学家； 他的《霍比特人》《魔戒》定义了现代奇幻，跨越世纪而魅力不衰。 他是学者，是教师，是丈夫，是慈父，是朋友，是艺术家，是设计师； 他是具有真正原创精神的“中洲缔造者”。 —————————— 【评论】 配合伯德利图书馆“托尔金特展”出版的书，但涵盖范围和质量远超展品，主角当然是大幅彩图，不少都是首次披露，常见的托尔金画作清晰度也是很感人。很适合八卦党和考据党，虽然读过托老作品和传记的，对里面大部分八卦都耳熟能详了，但的确能读到更多细节，更了解一个可爱、认真、浪漫、多才多艺的托尔金。——雪莱 内容量很扎实的书。——Cirdan 对托老的粉丝来说就是一个丰富的小型珍藏馆，由6篇托学专家组稿的essay和导览用的catalogue组成，藏品有照片、信件、手稿、插画、手绘、地图，部分内容与Artist&Illustrator一书重合，当然也有难得一见的，比如托老的童年女装照片（划掉），和高清晰度图片相比，文字内容稍许干涩。——Theo

The first ever publication of J. R. R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide-range of subjects, and the perfect next read for those who have enjoyed Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle-earth series and are hungry for more. The Nature of Middle-earth will comprise numerous late (c. 1959-73) and previously unpublished writings by J.R.R. Tolkien on the “nature” of Middle-earth, in both chief senses of that word: both metaphysical and natural/historical. For Tolkien fans, readers, and scholars interested in learning more about Tolkien’s own views on Middle-earth. It will appeal in particular to those readers who enjoyed Unfinished Tales, and some of the later volumes of the History of Middle-earth. Indeed, many of the texts to be included are closely associated with materials published in those places, and were sent to Hostetter, specifically, in photocopy by Christopher Tolkien for potential publication. Much as Unfinished Tales forms an unofficial thirteenth volume of the History of Middle-earth, this new book will sit very nicely alongside as an unofficial 14th volume. Of particular note, given the impending Amazon series, are several texts detailing the lands, flora, and fauna of Númenor, and the lives of Númenóreans. (from HarperCollins)

暗影的力量在急速扩张、增长，白塔突生惊天巨变，谁将血染塔瓦隆？ 传说中不可攻陷的城堡——提尔之岩已经陷落，禁忌之剑落入了转生真龙——兰德•亚瑟手中，只有掌握阳极力，那将无数男人逼入疯狂的力量，他才有能力与暗帝对抗，拯救世界。 茫茫的艾伊尔荒漠隐藏着怎样的秘密？兰德•亚瑟能否在这里避开疯狂与死亡，寻找到属于自己的力量？ 兽魔人突袭两河流域的故乡，回乡救援的佩林被因缘卷入抗争的漩涡。 而在黑宗两仪师显身的坦其克，莫名的危险正在搅动梦幻和真实的世界……

弃光魔使们逃出封印藏身四处，黑宗两仪师现身白塔，究竟是谁？ 空前未有的暗影力量入侵各地，全力扭曲历史因缘。 假如所有的封印破碎，暗帝将重现世上，万物万灵皆倒伏于他所卷起的风暴中。仍旧站立的，只有那个为了对抗暗影而生的人——牧羊少年：芝德· 亚瑟，转生真龙。 惟有真龙挥舞凯兰铎，远古的真龙之剑，才能击溃暗帝，让世界重生。为了战斗下去，兰德必须找到凯兰铎；而为了阻止他，弃光魔使们将不惜摧毁这个世界……

几个世纪以来，走唱人一直在传诵关于失落的瓦力尔号角的传说，它可以让诸世代中死去的英雄重生。追寻圣号角的大猎捕召集令已发出，无论光明或暗影，都竭力想寻得这只号角。而被两仪师称为转生真龙的牧羊人兰德，拥有导引男性至上力的能力，让他痛苦不已，惟有挺身面对一切，才能避免这世界为邪恶所操纵……

这是光与暗对立的世界 善与恶进行着永无止尽的争战 这是时光之轮编织的世界 一部最伟大的奇幻史诗巨作 ——向托尔金致敬之作 ************************ 近代最具影响力的奇幻作家罗伯特·乔丹 最值得典藏的经典奇幻作品之一 ************************ “时光之轮转动如常，岁月来去如风，残留的记忆变为传说，传说又慢慢成为神话，而当其诞生的纪元再度循环降临时，连神话也早已被遗忘。在某个被叫作第三纪元的时代，新的纪元尚未到来，而旧的纪元早已逝去。一阵风在末日山脉刮起。这阵风并非开始，时光之轮的旋转既无开始，也无结束。但这确实也是一个开始……” 几乎每一个奇幻爱好者都知道《时光之轮(The Wheel of Time)》这套奇幻小说。上面这段话就是这套小说最著名的开篇语。 在时光之轮的世界里，时间是一个有着七根轮辐的轮子(一条大蛇首尾相衔环绕着一个七根轮辐的轮子)。每根轮辐是一个纪元。随着轮辐的转动，纪元也就随之更替。注意每一个纪元是很长的，所以虽然这个轮子只有七根轮辐，但当它转一周时，上一次的纪元往往早已被人遗忘。 太古，在阴影之战后，那些发疯的男性两仪师在临死之前彻底地改变了地球的面貌：山脉夷为平地，平地产生高山，旱地代替了海洋，海洋覆盖着旱地……过去的一切没有一丁点残留下来，幸存的人类挣扎着四处搜寻食物，只为多苟存一天。在数个纪元之后，不是学者，根本不可能知道关于阴影之战和裂世之战的点滴资料，而即使是学者，他们也只知道某些片断。 然而，尽管国家兴衰不定，几个世纪以来，走唱人却一直在传诵一个预言，那就是不会随时间而有一点变化的龙之预言。预言里说，龙将会重生，暗黑之主将会脱困而获得自由，龙将会在末日之战中直面暗黑之主而拯救全人类——同时，他也将会再次摧毁这个世界。 被两仪师称为转生真龙的牧羊人兰德，在命运的中心徘徊，为了保护家乡与想保护的人，他与同为时轴的好友，一起踏上漫漫征途……

With Christopher Tolkien as your guide, take a tour through this colourful gallery of enchanting art produced by J.R.R. Tolkien and presented in an elegant new slipcased edition. This collection of pictures, with a text by Christopher Tolkien, now reissued after almost 30 years confirms J.R.R. Tolkien’s considerable talent as an artist. It provides fascinating insight into his visual conception of many of the places and events familiar to readers of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Examples of his art range from delicate watercolours depicting Rivendell, the Forest of Lothlorien, Smaug, and Old Man Willow, to drawings and sketches of Moria Gate and Minas Tirith. Together they form a comprehensive collection of Tolkien’s own illustrations for his most popular books. Also included are many of his beautiful designs showing patterns of flowers and trees, friezes, tapestries and heraldic devices associated with the world of Middle-earth. In their variety and scope they provide abundant visual evidence of the richness of his imagination. This enchanting gallery was personally selected by Christopher Tolkien who, through detailed notes on the sources for each picture, provides unique insight into the artistic vision of his father, J.R.R. Tolkien.

This elegant slipcased edition presents for collectors the first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects. Stamped in gold foil, and printed on heavyweight acid-free paper, it includes a ribbon marker and is housed in a custom-built matching slipcase. It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954–5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973. For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as complex and profound as the metaphysics of Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Númenor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, and even who had beards! This new collection, which has been edited by Carl F Hostetter, one of the world’s leading Tolkien experts, is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien’s shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page, Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life. (via amazon.co.uk)

Best-selling Tolkien expert Brian Sibley (The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy and The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide) presents a slipcased collection of four full-color, large-format maps of Tolkien's imaginary realm illustrated by John Howe, a conceptual designer for the blockbuster films directed by Peter Jackson. The set includes a hardcover book describing in detail the importance and evolution of geography within Tolkien's epic fiction and four color maps presented with minimal folds, including two (Beleriand and Númenor) never before published in this country.

这是光与暗对立的世界，善与恶进行着永无止尽的争战。 这是时光之轮编织的世界，一部最伟大的奇幻史诗巨作——向托尔金致敬之作 “时光之轮转动如常，岁月来去如风，残留的记忆变为传说，传说又慢慢成为神话，而当其诞生的纪元再度循环降临时，连神话也早已被遗忘。在某个被叫作第三纪元的时代，新的纪元尚未到来，而旧的纪元早已逝去。一阵风在末日山脉刮起。这阵风并非开始，时光之轮的旋转既无开始，也无结束。但这确实也是一个开始……” 在时光之轮的世界里，时间是一个有着七根轮辐的轮子（一条大蛇首尾相衔环绕着一个七根轮辐的轮子）。每根轮辐是一个纪元。随着轮辐的转动，纪元也就随之更替。每一个纪元是很长的，所以虽然这个轮子只有七根轮辐，但当它转一周时，上一次的纪元往往早已被人遗忘。 太古，在阴影之战后，那些发疯的男性两仪师在临死之前彻底地改变了地球的面貌：山脉夷为平地，平地产生高山，旱地代替了海洋，海洋覆盖着旱地……过去的一切没有一丁点残留下来。在数个纪元之后，不是学者，根本不可能知道关于阴影之战和裂世之战的点滴资料，而即使是学者，他们也只知道某些片断。 然而，尽管国家兴衰不定，几个世纪以来，走唱人却一直在传诵一个预言，那就是不会随时间而有一点变化的龙之预言。预言里说，龙将会重生，暗黑之主将会脱困而获得自由，龙将会在末日之战中直面暗黑之主而拯救全人类——同时，他也将会再次摧毁这个世界。 牧羊人兰德，本来与村中的朋友们一起快乐地等着立春节的到来，然而，噩梦突然发生，灾难从天而降，一系列变故将他彻底从世界边缘的安宁小村拖进命运旋涡的中心！为了保护家乡与想保护的人，为了寻求自己到底是谁的答案，他与同处命运之网的好友，一起踏上漫漫征途…… 时光之轮的第一部，是作者向托尔金的致敬之作，熟悉指环王的人，可以在里边发现许多妙趣横生的细微之处。但是到了第二部，整个故事开始恢弘地展开，带领读者完全进入新的世界。

Beyond the wall of sleep, past the Gates of Horn and Ivory, lies the rich and fertile land where stories are born. It is called the Dreaming--and its own tale is about to take a dark and dangerous turn. Daniel, the Lord of Dreams, has abandoned his kingdom, leaving its borders broken and bloody. Lucien, his faithful warden, can feel his own mind slipping away as the Dream King's realm decays around him. And the other residents of the Dreaming, from the monstrous and mercenary Dora to the gruff, unflappable Merv Pumpkinhead, are fighting among themselves to preserve what they can. But the true nightmare is yet to come. From out of the black chest of retired nightmares emerges a forgotten menace--an evil that has festered in solitary confinement for more than a century. With a hempen noose and an iron fist, Judge Gallows will bring his own brand of order to the Dreaming, remaking it in his own grim and gory image. Unless Dream's legendary siblings, the Endless, step in to intervene... From the imagination of New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, the pen of writer Simon Spurrier (Suicide Squad) and the hands of artist Bilquis Evely (Wonder Woman) comes The Dreaming Vol. 1: Pathways and Emanations, the first collection from Vertigo's all-new Sandman Universe family of titles--a fittingly fantastical return to the world of magic and mystery that changed the face of comics forever! Collects The Dreaming #1-6 and The Sandman Universe #1.

Sumptuous slipcased edition of Tolkien’s classic epic tale of adventure, fully illustrated in colour for the first time by the author himself. This deluxe volume is quarterbound in leather and includes many special features unique to this edition. Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 100 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors’ editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This one-volume deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text, fully corrected and reset, which is printed in red and black and features, for the very first time, thirty colour illustrations, maps and sketches drawn by Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work. These include the pages from the Book of Mazarbul, marvellous facsimiles created by Tolkien to accompany the famous ‘Bridge of Khazad-dum’ chapter. Also appearing are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Middle-earth. This very special deluxe edition is quarterbound in cloth and red leather, with raised ribs on the spine and stamped in two foils. The pages are edged in gold and contained within are special features unique to this edition.

Limited to a worldwide first printing of just 4,000 copies, this deluxe edition is printed in two colours and is fully bound in cloth and stamped in gold foil. Housed in a matching custom-built slipcase decorated with stunning wraparound artwork, it also features two full-colour removable posters that are unique to this edition. The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imaginative writing, a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth, through the Second Age and the rise of Sauron, to the end of the War of the Ring. They are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the Elves made war upon him in his impenetrable fortress in Angband for the recovery of the Silmarils, three jewels containing the last remaining pure light of Valinor, seized by Morgoth and set in his iron crown. Accompanying these tales are several shorter works. The Ainulindalë is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of the gods is described. The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as told in The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien could not publish The Silmarillion in his lifetime, as it grew with him, so he would leave it to his son, Christopher, to edit the work from many manuscripts and bring his father’s great vision to publishable form, so completing the literary achievement of a lifetime. This special edition presents anew this seminal first step towards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth, and the beginning of an illustrious forty years and more than twenty books celebrating his father’s legacy. Also included is a letter by J.R.R. Tolkien written in 1951 which provides a brilliant exposition of the earlier Ages, and almost 50 full-colour paintings by Ted Nasmith, including some which appear here for the first time. This special slipcased edition is fully bound in cloth and stamped in gold foil; it includes two full-colour removable fold-out posters unique to this edition and is housed in a custom slipcase illustrated with a stunning wraparound painting.

这是个充满音乐节奏的地下丛林； 这是个幽暗、肮脏的地下伦敦； 这是一个失落了主宰者的王国， 而“鼠王”推开了通往这地下世界的大门…… 一次忽如其来的谋杀事件，令绍尔成为了头号杀父嫌疑犯，被捕入狱。而他却意地被一位身上散发着恶臭的自称为“鼠王”的陌生人搭救。他们一起逃出牢房，却不得不为了逃离吹笛手的猎杀穿梭于黑夜中，寻求生存、复仇之道。 “鼠王”交会了绍尔鼠群的生存方式，不料随着流亡的时间的推移，绍尔的身世之谜浮出水面，谋杀事件的背后阴谋将无所遁形……. 愤怒、恐惧和复仇的烈焰包裹着绍尔，驱使他前行。 涣散而疲惫的生灵们，等待着新的国王！