The Circles: Book Six: Across the Wide Hamada
Book Six of The Circles - Across the Wide Hamada

After being freed from the dungeons of Cirith Ungol, twin sisters Elfhild and Elffled come at last to the Plateau of Gorgoroth, where they are reunited with the rest of the Rohirric captives. The tumultuous heart of Sauron's realm, the desolate, rolling hamada is a land of feral beauty, where the ground trembles with the Dark Lord's might, and mountains spew forth fire.

While the captives are lost to all hope, far away in their war-torn homeland, the forces of the West steadily drive the hordes of Mordor back towards the Mering Stream. In the Throne Room of the Eye, the Dark Lord stares into the Palantír and witnesses one defeat after another, and the Mountain of Doom churns with the fury of His wrath...

Some chapters may have violent and/or sexual themes.
For mature readers only.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Elfhild is currently in the process of posting this book to public fanfiction archives.
As each chapter is posted, minor edits will be made to the text. Therefore, some chapters are final versions, while others are second drafts.

Map of Mordor and Nurn

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Chapter 1 - The Road to Cirith Ungol (9/22/16)
Chapter 2 - The Forsaken (4/8/17)
Chapter 3 - A Dubious Proposition (11/16/17)
Chapter 4 - The Truth Potion (12/24/18)
Chapter 5 - Treachery Revealed (11/14/20)
Chapter 6 - A Merchant's Dilemma (11/14/20)
Chapter 7 - A Joyous Homecoming (11/14/20)
Chapter 8 - The Physician's Diagnosis (12/6/20)
Chapter 9 - Scholarly Matters (12/13/20)
Chapter 10 - Planning and Consultation (12/19/20)
Chapter 11 - The Bearer of Bad News (1/1/21)
Chapter 12 - And Back Again (1/1/21)
Chapter 13 - New Beginnings (1/1/21)
Chapter 14 - Of Inbir and Aeffe (1/10/21)
Chapter 15 - Delays Upon the Road (1/17/21)
Chapter 16 - New Friends, New Foes (1/24/21)
Chapter 17 - Kitchen Duty (1/31/21)
Chapter 18 - Stazmûlkrak (2/6/21)
Chapter 19 - The Mountain of Doom (2/13/21)
Chapter 20 - Doom Shall Fall (2/20/21)
Chapter 21 - Lessons (2/27/21)
Chapter 22 - A Chance Encounter (3/6/21)
Chapter 23 - Uncertainties (3/6/21)
Chapter 24 - Diwan of Public Audience (3/6/21)
Chapter 25 - Visions of Defeat (3/13/21)
Chapter 26 - "Come to Me, Heir of Isildur..." (3/20/21)
Chapter 27 - The Prisoner Beneath the Throne (3/25/21)
Chapter 28 - The Halfling Who Would Be King (3/25/21)
Chapter 29 - All Hail the Lord of the Rings (4/3/21)
Chapter 30 - The Southward Journey (4/11/21)
Chapter 31 - Grime and Glamour (4/17/21)
Chapter 32 - A Night in the Shakh's Tent (4/23/21)
Chapter 33 - The Orc Raid (5/1/21)

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