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

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

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dwarves_(novel)
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Zwerge

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