FOTR 8

As Frodo and company travel the Barrow-downs, they start to feel a cold chill about them and come across a strange stone circle miles wide. They soon get lost as it quickly becomes dark. Frodo gets separated from the others and somehow cannot reach the others. He is quickly grabbed by a Barrow Wight, a phantom-like creature, and then passes out. When Frodo comes to, he is in a dark chamber filled with gold and weapons. He looks over at his friends who look deathly white and are clad in gold adornments as if for burial. Frodo collects all his courage and slashes the Barrow Wights hand as it reached for Sam's soul. he then summons Tom Bombadil, master of nature, to help him. Tom bursts through the wall of the chamber and rescues all of the hobbits and even revives Sam, Pippin, and Merry! This book is full of suspense and they've barely left their homes, much less the first book in a three-part series!