If you were swept up by Frodo’s flight from the Nazgûl to the Ford of Bruinen, the Council of Elrond setting a single, daunting mission, and the push through Moria under unrelenting pursuit, you’ll relish how Rand, Mat, and Egwene flee Emond’s Field with Trollocs and a Myrddraal on their heels, press on toward Tar Valon, and aim at the mysterious Eye itself. The way a simple life is abandoned for a world-spanning purpose mirrors the Fellowship’s resolve after Rivendell.

If what hooked you was the balance of Aragorn’s rugged leadership, Legolas and Gimli’s unlikely rapport, Boromir’s pressure from Gondor, and the hobbits’ steadfastness once the Fellowship is forged at Rivendell, you’ll love how Ead, Tané, Niclays, and Loth follow separate roads that braid together against a rising draconic threat. That mosaic of voices and loyalties—like the Council of Elrond’s alliances—builds a group whose combined strengths matter as much as any one blade.

If you savored how songs in Bree, elvish names in Lothlórien, and ancient lineages at the Council of Elrond made Middle-earth feel storied, Osten Ard will delight you. From the Hayholt’s shadowed corridors where Simon first stumbles into secrets to the Sithi’s age-old mysteries and the quest for legendary blades, the world’s history presses on every scene—much like how the past hangs over Moria’s tombs and Galadriel’s gifts hint at older powers.

If the golden hush of Lothlórien, the Old Forest’s unsettling will, and Galadriel’s mirror made you shiver with wonder, Uprooted channels that same enchantment. Agnieszka’s raw, songlike spellcraft and the sentient, corrupt Wood evoke the awe and menace you felt crossing into Lórien and peering into the mirror—magic that’s powerful, mysterious, and as rooted in the land as the trees themselves.

If your heart was in the camaraderie of Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli—and even Boromir’s flawed devotion—you’ll warm to Taran’s ragtag circle: quick-witted Eilonwy, blustering Fflewddur Fflam, and ever-hungry Gurgi. Their banter, stumbles, and bravery as they oppose Arawn echo the Fellowship’s bond from Weathertop to the Anduin, with mentorship and courage shared along the way.