J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is generally considered to be the crème de la crème of fantasy epics, and served to define the genre for all who came afterward. Yet for all of LOTR‘s fame, few if any fans know that near the end of his life, Tolkien was working on a potential sequel to the beloved series. The New Shadow, as it was tentatively called, was a project the author made little progress on, writing only a few drafts that totaled 14 pages.