Bold new author Steve Hillard’s wildly original debut, Mirkwood, re-invents J.R.R. Tolkien as a man haunted by the very myths he wove into his famous works. As much literary criticism as boisterous epic, this episodically-driven plot explores the blurred borderlands where ancient tales, lost heroines, and epic journeys are stalked by dim monsters that will not be still. In 1970 Professor Tolkien makes a little-known trip to America — and sets in motion elvish powers embodied in a cache of ancient documents. Destinies are altered, legends become real, and two heroines must race for their lives in vastly different worlds. This is a work of fiction which is neither endorsed by nor connected with The J.R.R. Tolkien Estate or its publisher. Mirkwood received the following review from E. A. Solinas, an Amazon Top Ten Reviewer: “It’s a pretty gutsy move to interweave the Professor and his works into your own urban fantasy. But Steve Hillard strikes just the right balance in “Mirkwood” — he crafts his own story set in modern-day America, and interweaves fantasy and literary history like a multilayered tapestry.” Mirkwood was the Third Place Winner in a national fantasy book contest conducted by the Independent Publishers Association (2011). Mirkwood will be published world-wide in Spanish by a major European publisher in 2012.
Bold new author Steve Hillard’s wildly original debut, Mirkwood, re-invents J.R.R. Tolkien as a man haunted by the very myths he wove into his famous works. As much literary criticism as boisterous epic, this episodically-driven plot explores the blurred borderlands where ancient tales, lost heroines, and epic journeys are stalked by dim monsters that will not be still. In 1970 Professor Tolkien makes a little-known trip to America — and sets in motion elvish powers embodied in a cache of ancient documents. Destinies are altered, legends become real, and two heroines must race for their lives in vastly different worlds. This is a work of fiction which is neither endorsed by nor connected with The J.R.R. Tolkien Estate or its publisher. Mirkwood received the following review from E. A. Solinas, an Amazon Top Ten Reviewer: “It’s a pretty gutsy move to interweave the Professor and his works into your own urban fantasy. But Steve Hillard strikes just the right balance in “Mirkwood” — he crafts his own story set in modern-day America, and interweaves fantasy and literary history like a multilayered tapestry.” Mirkwood was the Third Place Winner in a national fantasy book contest conducted by the Independent Publishers Association (2011). Mirkwood will be published world-wide in Spanish by a major European publisher in 2012.
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