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The Brotherhood of Dwarves Kindle Edition

by D.A. Adams (Author), Bonnie Wasson (Illustrator), Sherrie Shuler (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

4.1 262 ratings

Book 1 of 5: The Brotherhood of Dwarves

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The Dwarven saga begins...

Roskin, heir to the throne of a remote, peaceful kingdom of dwarves, craves excitement and adventure. Outside his own kingdom, in search of fortune and glory, he finds a much different world, one divided by racial strife and overrun by war. The orcs to the south want to conquer all dwarves and sell them as slaves. The humans to the east want to control the world's resources. Caught in the middle, Roskin finds himself chased by slave traders and soldiers alike as he discovers that friendship is the best fortune of all. Just when he thinks he has triumphed, an act of betrayal sends him into bondage. His only hope of escape is the faltering courage of a disgraced warrior whose best days are behind him...

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Readers who thrive on quick, action-packed narratives...will find much to satisfy them in this excellent first novel. --Cameron Judd, Author of Boone: A Novel of an American Legend

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I began this series with the intent of creating an old-fashioned action-adventure for fantasy readers, like the stories I grew up reading. From the outset, my goal was to tell a compelling tale without relying on adult content or profanity to keep the reader's attention. I think there's still a place in this world for heroic tales, for non-ironic action-adventure, for stories that inspire, for flawed characters who rise above their own limitations. The world needs these stories now as much as ever. If you are looking for a series that focuses on the story and characters instead of tawdry devices and foul language, please try The Brotherhood of Dwarves.
Thank you for your support,
D.A. Adams

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01JSGJII6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Third Axe Media (August 4, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 4, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 781 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 231 pages

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D.A. Adams is the author of the Brotherhood of Dwarves series and the Sam Skeen saga. He received a Master of Arts in Writing from the University of Memphis in 1999 and taught college English for 16 years. He is the father of two amazing sons and resides in East Tennessee.

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Dagan Smith

No sparkling vampires. No deviant sex addicts. Just INCREDIBLE fiction!

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2013

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The Brotherhood of Dwarves by D.A. Adams is one of the best books you will ever read. It is a fantasy-action/adventure focusing on Roskin - a dwarf - and his trials & adventures.

I have to admit, I started my reading with a sense of dread. "Great, another Tolkien wanna-be has written a Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit knockoff", I was thinking. By the end, I was pleasantly surprised that nothing was further from the truth. Many fantasy writers of this genre get caught up in the cliches and tired old devices that have been beaten to death by a ton of hacks that seem to churn out book after book to simply make a dollar. This is not the case with Adams' The Brotherhood of Dwarves. He delivers a fresh, rich dive into a fantastic world that he crafts in such a meticulous manner that you can see, feel, hear and even smell the world he has created. That being said, he doesn't get so bogged down in detailing the environment that he neglects the important things: THE CHARACTERS! Even though he paints such a vivid picture of this fantastic realm, make no mistake about it, this is a character-driven story. Adams doesn't box up his character with a general overview of their physical appearance and a stereotypical take on what they're "like". He weaves a description so spot-on that you feel like you are longer reading about characters in a book, but people you know! By the end of the book you will find you've grown attached to these characters. You're pulling for them, agonizing for them...wanting them to succeed.

To top it off, this phenomenal book can be enjoyed by the whole family. You'll find no profanity, lurid sex scenes or material you wouldn't feel comfortable sharing with anyone you know. If you think writing has to have those sordid, pulp-like elements to be interesting, I challenge you to read this book and you'll walk away knowing that's not true.

Simply put, Adams delivers a masterful work of fiction. One that you can share with your children. One that you'll read more than once. One that'll leave you wanting to read more books like it.

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Jessica @ Jess resides here

Fine start to the series

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2013

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Brotherhood of Dwarves is a foundation to what I am sure will be an exciting series. I am sorry I didn’t get to it sooner. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series which is currently available up to book 4

I was quite pleased with the adventure I was taken on. Roskin is a great character. Strong, capable but young and naive. When he heads off on an adventure of his own with ideas of fortune in his head he comes into more than he bargained for. Roskin meets a variety of characters who are part of the reason this story is so enjoyable. Human, dwarves and orcs. When betrayed Roskin ends up in a place worse than he had ever imagined. These strong character moments shine. Roskin becomes a character one cares for and one you must know more about. It’s why I want to read the other books in the series. Good to know the forth is already available.

The book has flaws however information overloads are dry and not well presented. Interesting yes but when reading fantasy I’m not sure if a history lesson particularly one so detailed is necessary. This improves greatly the more into the book you go so while hard to get through at times is worth doing. In addition to this Roskin is quite bothered by an act that seamed quite reasonable and justified later in the book however he does the same thing but in a less than savoury way. Why is he so bothered only to not be as so down the road?

This story of self discovery is a fine read and I very much appreciate that the character focus is on dwarves. No cookie cutter, young, perfect characters. Real, genuine and unique. I recommend Brotherhood and look forward myself to the rest of the series.

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Chris C

A tale of adventure, growth and redemption.

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2012

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This was an entertaining story with a fairly straightforward plot line. Young dwarf yearns for adventure, young dwarf finds adventure, young dwarf learns from adventure. There are a number of other elements, but that's the thousand foot view.

The story was, for the most part, well written, although there were some parts that I found annoying. Some of the combat was over the top in terms of believability, but since it's fantasy, I guess you have to be willing to accept some unrealistic elements anyway. It would probably benefit from some realistic downsizing though, since some of the odds get pretty unrealistic and it really wouldn't hurt the tale to scale back some of the overly optimistic amount of bad guys killed by any one good guy.

Overall, it was a fun read and I believe it would appeal to just about anyone who enjoys the genre.

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Andy F

Excellent book, with a captivating story line

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2017

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Excellent book, with a captivating story line. This book pulls you in making you walk alongside the main characters.
Brilliant!

Denise

Brotherhood of dwarves

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2014

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This is a pretty good job of a book..enjoyable and well written....the silly layout is annoying.....but the story is grabbing and the characters are believable...well worth a read.

Lovejoy

Brotherhood

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2013

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Good story well worth reading,found the story strikingly good,looking forward to the next chapter in the story.you would do well to follow the adventure

Fantasy Devourer

A first book and it shows

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2013

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The first thing I have to say about this book is that I bought it for Kindle and the formatting is awful. It appears as a column down the middle of the screen and only uses about half the width of the page. This makes it a harder read.

It then starts with a lot of exposition. This is slow and laborious and I nearly gave up reading there and then.

When the story gets going it turns out to be about Roskin, the son of the king of the dwarves (at least 1/3 of them, as the book goes into detail about the differrent tribes). He is also half elf (which makes very little difference to the book). This is a coming of age tale where Roskin leaves his tribe and sets out to retrieve the statue 'The Brotherhood of Dwarves' (hence the title) and has various adventures along the way. He meets varied people of many different types, ogres, orcs, dwarves, humans and eventually half-elf and elves. He doesn't really listen to anybody or even the abilities of his half-elf nature and eventually suffers for this.

You may guess from this review that I had trouble empathising with the protagonist. I also found the world rather unbelievable and found the best character in the book was human.

I got this as a free book. I wouldn't pay for it.

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