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The black horses were filled with madness, and leaping forward in terror they bore their riders into the rushing flood. Their piercing cries were drowned in the roaring of the river as it carried them away. Then Frodo felt himself falling, and the roaring and confusion seemed to rise and engulf him
together with his enemies. He heard and saw no more.

That is the end of the first half of The Fellowship of the Ring, the first book in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring is a fantasy book and is told in third person point of view. I really liked the book. It was long and had small print, but was still fun to read. It is a lot different from the movie. You have to put a lot of time into reading it.

The book is about a hobbit named Frodo who lives in the Shire with his uncle Bilbo. On Bilbos one hundred eleventh birthday Gandalf the wizard to do one his famous fireworks shows. Bilbo disappears while giving a speech and Gandalf finds it is the ring Bilbo made him disappear and is making him live longer. Gandalf asks to see the ring and Bilbo, who has become so attached to it wouldnt let it go. Eventually Bilbo gave Gandalf the ring and Bilbo left the Shire.

Gandalf told Frodo that he had to take the ring to Mt. Doom in Mordor to destroy it in the volcano. The ring was an evil ring created by Sauron and can only be destroyed in Mt. Doom. Frodo and his friends Sam, Merry, and Pippin set off to destroy the ring in Mt. Doom. Along the way they met some strange people. Such as Tom Bombadil. He lives in the woods and saved the hobbits from man-eating trees by singing to the trees. He also gave them plenty of food and provisions. They are also being chased by evil Ringwraiths who are trying to get the ring and bring to Suaron. They also meet Strider, a man who was given special orders by Gandalf to help the hobbits, and some elves who help them on their journey to Mordor.