Ich hatte die Reihe vor Jahren angefangen mit meinem Sohn zu lesen. It's entertaining enough, and I was reminded quite a lot of a Dragonlance novel I once read called Stormblade. There are some nice twists, but it isn't enough to make the story great. BUT, despite the author's best intentions, it doesn't break a whole of a lot of new ground. This isn't a bad novel, and I will certainly be checking out the rest of the series. Okay, now that I've got all that off my chest. Some of the sentences just read a bit nonsensical and seemed slightly out of context. I also can't help but feel that some of the nuances have been lost in the translation (the original is in German). This is one of those Fantasy books with highly improbably scenarios and bizarrely fortunate (read untouchable) protagonists, for the most part. I also happen to, at times, indulge in some Warhammer, Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance fiction, which is just as well, otherwise I probably wouldn't have finished The Dwarves. In the end, the items and characters come together neatly to tie up the main story arc. Along the way the character collects items and learns skills, he also meets other characters with different skills and some of these join up with him, creating a 'party'.

Character gets assigned quest and sets off -> when character arrives at destination he finds out that the quest completion parameters have been amended and that he has to continue to new destination, where more or less the same thing happens. This book reminded me of a role playing game.

The dwarves book series