I already found the dwarves the best race in Lord of the Rings, because they are so rough and witty and despite their size, they can wield a heavy and strong axe.

The title already contains the word dwarves, so it was immediately clear to me that I wanted to read this book at that time.

These aspects attracted me the most while reading. Markus Heitz also has many other series, but I haven’t read them yet. Therefore, I would like to bring a German author closer to you and that’s why I wanted to write a review about this book. Because fantasy usually only comes from the USA or the UK and fantasy series from other countries are hardly ever translated, or so I feel. They are rough, they like to drink beer and they are so cute – who can’t love the dwarves? Even though Markus Heitz is a big celebrity in Germany, I was quite surprised when I saw that this author has also been translated into English. Markus Heitz is one of the most famous German fantasy authors and that’s why I read the book The Dwarves a very long time ago, because I’m a big fan of the dwarves and I think that the dwarves are just the coolest race there is. The six master mages are also challenged – but it is about all the dwarf Tungdil, who grew up apart from his people, who seems to be the decisive cog in the work of fate. Slowly but steadily it spreads and finally only an army led together with dwarves and humans seems to be able to defy this power. With the help of dark magic and a debilitating disease, the orcs storm the Stone Gateway of the Northern Pass with the hostile Albae and bring an ominous plague upon the land.

Then a breakthrough succeeds that completely wipes out the fifth dwarf tribe. This is the responsibility of the dwarves, who guard the magic-infused portals in the mountains and know how to prevent any intrusion from outside. Even if there are small skirmishes between the different races, their common interest is to keep the hordes of orcs and ogres away from their land. The Protected Land – here humans, elves and dwarves live side by side in peace. Those who fail to look beyond the surface will never encounter true virtue – not in others and certainly not in themselves.

Appearances are there to be ignored, for the biggest hearts may reside in the smallest and unlikeliest of creatures.

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