The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien** is the first part of The Lord of the Rings, an epic tale set in Middle-earth. When young hobbit Frodo Baggins inherits the One Ring, he must leave the safety of the Shire and embark on a perilous quest to destroy it before the Dark Lord Sauron can reclaim his power. Sweeping, imaginative, and timeless, it begins one of the greatest fantasy adventures ever told.