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The Return of the Dwarves Book 1 by Markus Heitz

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The Return of the Dwarves Book 1

The Return of the Dwarves (Book 1)

Narrator
Justin Avoth
Publisher
Quercus
Publish Date
9 May 2024
Run Time
16 hours 5 minutes
Format
Audiobook
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What to expect

Fantasy's favourite folk plunge into their sixth adventure in global bestseller Markus Heitz's Return of the Dwarves!

Hundreds of cycles have passed in Girdlegard since Tungdil Goldhand vanished. The dwarf Goïmron works as a gem carver in the city of Mallenias Watch. He is particularly fascinated by the old times, the great times of the five dwarf tribes, and so spends his spare time searching the markets for records and artefacts for clues about their proud history.

And then Goïmron comes across an extraordinary book. The wealth of detail it contains leaves no doubt that the book must have been written by the heroic Tungdil Goldhand himself. But, impossibly, the last entry seems to be recent. . .

When Goïmron sets out in search of the legendary dwarf, he and his troop of companions soon find themselves in the middle of ancient intrigues and brutal power struggles between ruthless humans, mysterious albae - and dragons.

Once again, the land of Girdlegard needs the wisdom, humour, fighting spirit and stubbornness of the dwarves. Heroes old and new will accept the challenge . . . but will the dwarves rise again?

Critics Review

  • Traces of true magic, wit and secrets untold . . . you will enjoy the story

    Fantasy Book Review on The Dwarves series

  • A gripping read with some very memorable characters . . . this will definitely satisfy

    Worlds in Ink on The Dwarves series

  • The Dwarves is a well-constructed classic fantasy story that I greatly enjoyed

    Speculative Book Review

  • I was turning pages and eagerly awaiting the next plot twist. I totally recommend this book

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  • The prose is sharp, the action sequences bloody and all in this has been a real joy to read . . . pure joy from start to finish and definitely one I'd recommend to other fantasy fans

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  • To pithily, if a little inaccurately sum it up, The Dwarves is just like Tolkien's The Hobbit, if the Hobbit grew up, started wearing a hoody and drinking on street corners. Or perhaps, Tolkien with a dash of Gemmell and a sprinkling of George R.R. Martin

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Details

Author
Markus Heitz
Narrator
Justin Avoth
Duration
16 hours 5 minutes
Release Date
9 May 2024
ISBN
9781529424881
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Quercus
Genre
Fantasy, Adventure / action fiction, Fiction: literary and general non-genre

Synopsis

Fantasy's favourite folk plunge into their sixth adventure in global bestseller Markus Heitz's Return of the Dwarves!Hundreds of cycles have passed in Girdlegard since Tungdil Goldhand vanished. The dwarf Goïmron works as a gem carver in the city of Mallenias Watch. He is particularly fascinated by the old times, the great times of the five dwarf tribes, and so spends his spare time searching the markets for records and artefacts for clues about their proud history.And then Goïmron comes across an extraordinary book. The wealth of detail it contains leaves no doubt that the book must have been written by the heroic Tungdil Goldhand himself. But, impossibly, the last entry seems to be recent. . . When Goïmron sets out in search of the legendary dwarf, he and his troop of companions soon find themselves in the middle of ancient intrigues and brutal power struggles between ruthless humans, mysterious albae - and dragons.Once again, the land of Girdlegard needs the wisdom, humour, fighting spirit and stubbornness of the dwarves. Heroes old and new will accept the challenge . . . but will the dwarves rise again?

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