The New Shadow
Michael Conrad

A friend wanted me to send her a copy of The New Shadow from The History of Middle-Earth Vol. XII. So I did. This is such tantalizing stuff, I wanted to share it and start a conversation. There are notes and commentary that I did not copy. A further reason to buy the book for those who do not have it. The obvious first question: but that would be giving it away.

The New Shadow

This tale begins in the days of Eldarion, son of that Elessar of whom the histories have much to tell. One hundred and five years had passed since the fall of the Dark Tower, and the story of that time was little heeded now by most of the people of Gondor, though a few were still living who could remember the War of the Ring as a shadow upon their early childhood. One of these was old Borlas of Pen-arduin. He was the younger son of Beregond, the first Captain of the Guard of Prince Faramir, who had removed with his lord from the City to the Emyn Arnen.

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