Cast about in the storm of war that assails Middle-earth, young Hobbit Merry finds himself alone in the company of the Rohirrim and their King, Theoden. In such hard times and against such great odds, it is hard to imagine what difference one small Hobbit could make; yet Merry's heart is strong. His only wish is to help his friends, to do what he can in their aid, and to hope that he might one day see them all again, though all the hosts of Mordor now lay between them.