Exploring My New Book: Tolkien's Tragedy - Concerning Númenor, the Rings of Power, and the Second Age
Published: April 20, 2026
Duration: 26:40
Hey there, Fellowship!
My new book, Tolkien’s Tragedy, is available now in paperback!
Visit TolkiensTragedy.com to learn more!
This episode is a walkthrough of the book using the table of contents as a kind of map into the deeper themes.
Númenor has always struck me as one of Tolkien’s most powerful creations—not just as a story within the legendarium, but as a meditation on power, mortality, and the quiet, creeping distortion of what is good. What begins as a gift gradually becomes something grasped at, controlled, and ultimat...
My new book, Tolkien’s Tragedy, is available now in paperback!
Visit TolkiensTragedy.com to learn more!
This episode is a walkthrough of the book using the table of contents as a kind of map into the deeper themes.
Númenor has always struck me as one of Tolkien’s most powerful creations—not just as a story within the legendarium, but as a meditation on power, mortality, and the quiet, creeping distortion of what is good. What begins as a gift gradually becomes something grasped at, controlled, and ultimat...