After the fall of Sauron, Middle-earth slowly began healing. Trade returned to the kingdoms, roads reopened, and for the first time in years, people dared to travel without fear. Yet strange rumors spread from the northern lands beyond the Misty Mountains. Travelers spoke of disappearing caravans, ruined watchtowers, and a hidden valley untouched by time where an ancient treasure had been discovered.
Pippin Took thought the strangest part of leaving the Shire would be the danger â not the way the world kept widening until it felt like it might swallow a hobbit whole.
In the final days of the War of the Ring during The Return of the King, the forces of Mordor prepare their final assault on Gondor. As Minas Tirith stands on the brink of siege, a new and unknown force moves within the shadows of the war. A mysterious figure known only as the Blood Traveller has been quietly striking against Sauronâs armiesâdestroying supply lines, eliminating commanders, and disappearing without trace. In Rivendell, she is known as Heaven Rose Aurelion, a half-elf ward of Elrond trained in both Elven arts and covert warfare. While Aragorn leads the Paths of the Dead and the main armies of the West prepare for the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Heaven operates unseen, shifting the balance of the war before battles even begin. But her presence does not go unnoticed. As the Witch-king of Angmar rises to lead Mordorâs assault, a new and silent hunt beginsâone that draws the Blood Traveller into a confrontation that could alter the fate of Middle-earth itself.