So far what is happening in the Lord of the Rings is that Frodo found out Bilbo disappeared from the party using a magic ring. Then Gandalf tells Frodo that the ring belongs to Sauron and that when 9 rings were made for men, 7 for dwarves and 3 for elves, Sauron made this one to destroy all other's. But during the Battle of Mount Doom long ago, Sauron was killed by Isildur and the ring was lost until it was found by Gollum. Gollum kept the ring for 500 years, the ring giving Gollum unnatural long life. But the ring fell away from Gollum and it was found by Bilbo who escaped with it. Now Sauron, a phantom of his former self has sent the 9  men who possessed the original rings, now wraiths, to retrieve it.

I predict that Frodo will be forced to flee from the Shire to escape the Ring-Wraiths chasing after him and that he will need to go far away with the ring to make sure it doesn't get into Sauron's grasp again. I'm liking this book so far, the author goes into real depth about every detail as if you were there in the story looking or feeling what he was describing. Some parts get confusing but ultimately you can still understand it. It's a good book in my opinion, there's some parts that aren't in the movie which is like reading something I wouldn't expect.