Skips this book but do read The Last Ringbearer, a well-written 1999 fantasy fan-fiction book:
"Eskov bases his novel on the premise that the
Tolkien account is a "history written by the victors".
Eskov's version of the story describes Mordor as a
peaceful constitutional monarchy on the verge of an
industrial revolution, that poses a threat to the
war-mongering and imperialistic faction represented
by Gandalf (whose attitude has been described by
Saruman as "crafting the Final Solution to the
Mordorian problem") and the racist elves."
