100-Year-Old Unfinished JRR Tolkien Novel 'Story Of Kullervo' To Hit Bookshelves Aug. 27

More than a century after he first penned the story, one of J.R.R. Tolkien's first works is now scheduled to be released to the public for the first time.

The Story of Kullervo is set years before the Lord of The Rings trilogy or even The Hobbit, but it is one of Tolkien's first attempts at world- and language-building. It formed the basis of The Silmarillion and all his other works set in Middle-earth.

The story, according to Tolkien, was based on the Finnish folk tale of Kalevala. It follows the orphan, Kullervo, who is cursed with supernatural powers, as he seeks vengeance against a dark magician who killed his family and sold him into slavery.