I’ve never read anything by Markus Heitz before and I feel like perhaps if I had read the original Dwarves series prior I would have enjoyed this more with more background to the world and the characters.

Heitz has created a living breathing world with political intrigue, living breathing characters, and beautiful descriptions.

More dwarfish adventures from this talented author. Number six in the series I think, mainly focussed on Goimron, a fourthling dwarf who is a collector of ancient artifacts. Finding a strange diary that suggests an ancient hero might actually still be alive, he decides a quest is in order.
I did enjoy this, sometimes the dialogue was a little stilted (or not quite translated) and the characters slightly hard to engage with, there was still plenty of action and some interesting world building.

I am sorry but I did not finish this one.
It is an interesting book, and I am sure that those who loved the first series will enjoy this one a lot, but even if I was interested in the idea of it, and the plot and the setting are interesting for sure, I wasn't invested in the characters. I am not saying that the characters are poorly developed or uninteresting, but something was lacking for me to become completely invested. But my main problem was the writing. It does not work for me, I found it boring, and every time I put down the book I wasn't really so interested in picking it up again, so I decided to just let it go. The writing was a tad too bare for my tastes.

The Return of the Dwarves Book 1 by Markus Heitz is perfect for any lover of fantasy epics. It has a unique concept, a Dwarf raised around humans who is realy quite naiive amongst his fellow dwarves

The character development is glorious! Each character artfully made larger than life due to Heitz' highly illustrative narrative

I am looking forward to following this series as it is certainly one to invest time in. Outstanding!

Thank you to Netgalley, Quercus Books | Arcadia and the author Markus Heitz for this stunning ARC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own

Received arc from Quercus Books and Netgalley for honest read and review,this review is my own.
I could not really get into this one, probably should have started at the beginning.
Will hopefully garbage first in the series and give it a go

It's always good to return to a world you loved and this good fantasy book made me turn pages and have fun.
It's set in the world of Dwarves but it does not need to have read the other series.
Entertaining and engaging.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

If you didn’t know, Marcus Heitz is one of Germany’s top SFF authors and famous for his series of book The Dwarves, which has also been turned into a video game.
The Return of the Dwarves is the sixth book in the series and mainly follows the fourthling dwarf Goїmron, a gemcutter and collector of artefacts. When Goїmron buys an old chest, he discovers something miraculous inside. A diary belonging to famed Dwarven hero, Tungdil Goldhand, except this recounted Goldhand’s adventures in the present time. Convinced that the thousand year old dwarf must be alive, he sets off to get some aid from the Fifthling King and subsequently ventures off on a quest to find the legendary hero.
Set quite sometime after the original books, the Dwarven people are now living alongside the humans in their towns.
This book was a bit of a mixed bag for me. There were some aspects that I really liked. Heitz writes good high fantasy, but therein also lies the problem. Whilst I do like high fantasy, I can get a bit despondent when it gets a bit flowery, especially in the dialogue area. To be honest, I like modern language in my fantasy and when the writing starts to get all fancy and tries to be all archaic, my brain switches off.
However, that being said, there were some good aspects of the story. I did like the introduction of the various fantasy monsters, particularly the flight mare, a kind of evil cross between a unicorn and a Pegasus that likes to eat human flesh. In addition to this, there was lots of intrigue that kept my attention.
One of the things that I felt impacted on the book was the translation. I felt that it did not seem to get the nuances of the original language which ultimately impacted on the story.
Another problem that I had was the characters. The book was a multi – pov, and I did not really gel with the characters at all, including the main character.
Ultimately, this was an enjoyable book, but unfortunately it did not leave a lasting impression on me.

I really enjoyed the previous series and this was a thoroughly enjoyable return to the world. A classic quest fantasy with great characters which allows the reader to be elsewhere for a few hours. Great worldbuilding, a Tolkeinesque / Garneresque/ Nordic feel and plenty of action. Can’t wat for the next one.

First of this series of books I have read and it is enjoyable classic quest fantasy. A band of Dwarves go in search of a legendary character and it includes dragons! Similar at times to the late, great David Gemmell but lacks that author's sense of action and world building.
Fans of the series will doubtless enjoy the return of the Dwarves.

I the enjoyed this story. The characters were great & author did a great job with the story itself. Looking forward to reading the next one.