The Roots of the Mountains
by William Morris
When Morris published this epic tale of great love and heroic battles, he conceived of it as a kind of sequel to The House of the Wolves, but this novel has a much broader scope and depth. Time is later than Wolfings's, and now people are facing enslaved Huns. Here, Morris explores the roots of desire and consciousness more extensively than ever before, creating a more imaginative reality that is farther from the world we know. Roots is the last of his novels that has ties to a recorded story – a bridge to full-scale adult fantasy novels to follow. It is said that this is one of the source materials on which J.R. is based. R. Tolkien painted while creating his favorite series "The Lord of the Rings", "Roots of the Mountains" is a classic fantasy that takes place on an epic scale. The two civilizations come together with a pair of interstellar lovers and the threat of an enemy who could destroy the world as they know it.
