A Difficulty with Dwarves
core novel 1987 Ebenezum
Record
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.55 (925 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441147793 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Ebenezum cannot cure his malady of magicks, so he sends his apprentice Wuntvor to seek help in the distant Eastern Kingdoms, a region full of dangers. Wuntvor travels with the rhyming demon who has plagued his master close behind, and seeks help from a figure known as Mother Duck. The book opens the second trilogy, the Ballad of Wuntvor, in which the apprentice takes the lead.
Where it sits
- Universe: Ebenezum
- Series: The Ballad of Wuntvor core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Craig Shaw Gardner
Notes
- From the series record (The Ballad of Wuntvor): Ebenezum's apprentice Wuntvor takes the lead in a second trilogy.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Ballad of Wuntvor: position 1 of 3: next An Excess of Enchantments (1988)
- Internal chronology, within Ebenezum: position 2 of 6: previous A Malady of Magicks (1986) · next A Multitude of Monsters (1986)
Sources
← Ebenezum dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.