The Dwarves
core novel 2003 The Dwarves
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  DE |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.98 (15,700 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 738 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316049443 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
An orphan dwarf named Tungdil Bolofar, raised among humans and apprenticed to the magus Lot-Ionan, is sent on what begins as a simple errand that draws him back into the world of his own kind. Journeying to the dwarf kingdoms of Girdlegard, he meets the warrior twins Boindil and Boendal and becomes entangled in growing dangers facing the five dwarf clans, including political intrigue and a conspiracy involving false claims about elven betrayal. As an ancient evil known as the Perished Land, responsible for destroying the fifthling dwarf kingdom roughly eleven centuries earlier, begins to stir again through a corrupted magus who has fallen under its influence, Tungdil learns that only the legendary weapon Keenfire, forged from rare materials and old knowledge, may be capable of standing against it.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Dwarves
- Series: The Dwarves core; position 1 of 9 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Markus Heitz
Notes
- From the series record (The Dwarves): A bestselling German epic fantasy sequence following the dwarf warrior Tungdil Boldhammer defending the land of Girdlegard against dark elves and other threats. First published in German as Die Zwerge (2003, Piper Verlag); the first five volumes and the double-volume Return of the Dwarves have been published in English translation, most recently in 2021. Two further German-original volumes (Das Herz der Zwerge, 2022) have not yet appeared in English; the series remains ongoing.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Dwarves: position 1 of 9: next The War of the Dwarves (2004)
Sources
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