A fantasy adventure saga set in the early days of Middle-Earth features humans and elves, dwarves and dragons, orcs and dark sorcerers clashing in an epic battle between good and evil.
"The 'great tale' of The Children of Húrin, set during the legendary time before The Lord of the Rings. Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Túrin and his sister Niënor will be decided. Their lives are dominated by the elemental hatred the Dark Lord bears them as the children of Húrin, the man who dared to defy him, Morgoth sends forth his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge, wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to destroy them and fulfill his curse on the children of Húrin." -- from back of book.