The Return of the King is the final part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. The story follows the armies of the Dark Lord as they mass and Frodo and Sam as they struggle further into Mordor to destroy the One Ring. Tolkien's work has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction, and has created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal.