Written by J.R.R. Tolkien - Audio book performed by full cast - Original Radio Show Dramatization - Fiction - 3 COMPACT DISCS - 3.5 hours

Publisher, HighBridge Audio (April 2002)

The Original American Production

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This performance is the acclaimed American production broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR)---fully dramatized, complete with music and sound effects, and digitally remastered.

War rages in the west--a titanic battle of will and strategy between the great wizard Gandalf and Sauron, the dark lord. Meanwhile, eastward in Mordor, Frodo and Sam approach the end of their improbable quest, bearing the One Ring ever closer to the Cracks of Doom--and to a final confrontation with the very soul of evil.