"The fires of Isengard will spread. And the woods of Tuckborough and Buckland will burn. And, and all that was once great and good in this world will be gone."
Erm...power to LOTR, HP, Garth Nix, MZB, Emma Bull, Eoin Colfer, Diane Duane, Philip Pullman, and any other good writer I forgot to mention at this point in time.