The Lord of the Rings Menace is a fantasy novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in 1954-1955. The novel follows the quest of a group of hobbits, elves, dwarves, and humans to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron. The term THE LORD OF THE RINGS MENACE can be broken down into three parts: ORC (3 letters). ORC stands for 'Orcs', which are a race of creatures that serve as Sauron's minions and are a major threat to the protagonists of the novel.