Die Trolle

core novel 2006 Die Trolle

Record

First published	2006
Original language	DE
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.64 (662 ratings, collected 2026-10-30)
First-edition ISBN	9783453532373
Internal chronology	1

Synopsis

The land of Wlachkis, ringed by the Sorkata mountains, is bitterly contested: its native Wlachaks have been oppressed for two hundred years by the warlike Masrids, and most of the conquered land is ruled with an iron fist by the Masrid tyrant Zorpad. Zorpad has the young rebel Sten cal Dabrân locked in a metal cage and abandoned in the deep forest to die. Then a band of trolls comes by and takes him with them; at first they mean to eat him, but their clever leader Druan believes that Sten can help them, and an absurd alliance forms between the trolls and the rebel, growing stronger as they come to suspect that they share a common enemy. Despite the title, the protagonist is human.

Where it sits

• Universe: Die Trolle
• Series: Die Trolle core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Christoph Hardebusch

Awards (verified)

• Deutscher Phantastik Preis (Bestes deutschsprachiges Romandebüt), 2007: won

Notes

• From the series record (Die Trolle): Trilogy and a fourth novel, Heyne, 2006 to 2012.

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 Die Trolle: position 1 of 5: next Die Schlacht der Trolle (2007)
• Internal chronology, within Die Trolle: position 1 of 4: next Die Schlacht der Trolle (2007)

Sources

• Hardebusch series listing (Die Trolle, 4 books)
• Edition listing: Die Trolle (Heyne Paperback, 1 March 2006)
• dewiki: Die Trolle
• ebook.de: Die Trolle (publisher description)
• Christoph Hardebusch official site: publications

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