It also contains the only surviving story about the long ages of Númenor before its downfall, and all that is known about the Five Wizards sent to Middle-earth as emissaries of the Valar, about the Seeing Stones known as palantíri, and about the legend of Amroth. Edited and with an introduction, commentary, index, and maps by Christopher Tolkien. "An indispensable volume illuminating many unknown stories and details of Middle-earth unavailable elsewhere." — Douglas A. Anderson, author of The Annotated Hobbit
