The events leading to the end of the Second Age of Middle-earth, including the Oath of the Dead, the origin of the Mouth of Sauron, the battle between the White Fleet of Lindon and the Black Fleet of Umbar, the end of the War of the Last Alliance, and the fall of Isildur. Started in the 1970's and originally published online in 1997, the first edition of Isildur received extensive acclaim from the Tolkien fan community. But many readers pointed out inconsistencies with material later published by Tolkien. Working with three editors with extensive knowledge of the canon, these errors and inconsistencies have now been corrected, making this second edition greatly improved. 417 pages, with fourteen chapters, a map, iintroduction, preface, chronology, glossary, and index.