Let acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe take you on an unforgettable journey across Middle-earth, from Bag End to Mordor, in this richly illustrated sketchbook fully of previously unseen artwork, anecdotes and meditations on Middle-earth.

Middle-earth has been mapped, Bilbo’s and Frodo’s journeys plotted and measured, but Middle-earth remains a wilderland for all that. The roads as yet untraveled far outnumber those down which Tolkien had time to wander.

A Middle-Earth Traveller presents a walking tour of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, visiting not only places central to his stories, but also those just over the hill or beyond the horizon. Events from Tolkien’s books are explored battles of the different ages that are almost part of legend by the time of The Lord of the Rings; lost kingdoms and ancient myths, as well as those places only hinted at: kingdoms of the far North and lands beyond the seas.

Sketches that have an on-the-spot’ feel to them are interwoven with the artist’s observations gleaned from Tolkien’s books and recollections of his time spent in Middle-earth while working alongside Peter Jackson on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies. Combining concept work produced for films, existing Middle-earth art and many new paintings and sketches exclusive to this book, A Middle-earth Traveller will take the reader on a unique and unforgettable journey across Tolkien’s magical landscape.

約翰·豪（John Howe），1957年齣生於加拿大溫哥華，在不列顛哥倫比亞省長大，畢業於法國斯特拉斯堡藝術學院，現居瑞士。作為世界著名的插畫藝術傢，約翰·豪的畫作成功使眾多讀者流連奇境樂而忘返。其在世界各地舉辦過多次畫展，齣版有多部畫集。

約翰·豪不僅以畫作促成中洲傳奇搬上大銀幕，其與搭檔、奧斯卡最佳藝術指導奬得主艾倫·李為共摘得17項奧斯卡奬的《指環王》係列電影所做的藝術設計更讓全世界書迷美夢成真。2009年，兩人重返新西蘭，為電影《霍比特人》係列再度構建中洲。