Die Trolle

Winner of the Deutsche Phantastik Prize 2007 for “Best German-speaking Debut Novel”! You think that you know all of the beings of fantasy? You’ve battled the orcs, slunk through underground passages with the dwarves, destroyed demons with the elves. Yet deep in the darkness something else is lurking: beings who are the nightmare creatures of countless legends, whose name can only be whispered … This is a story about the strongest, most loathsome and most mysterious figures of fantasy. And it is one of the greatest adventures ever. The warlike folk of the dwarves, aided by diabolical powers, are plotting domination of the world. Since neither humans nor elves recognise the harbingers of this horror, it is up to the troll warrior Druan and his companions to resist this evil. While humans are going about their day-to-day lives, deep in the earth the trolls are fighting a hopeless battle. A group of them are sent to discover the source of the evil. Yet it is only when humans and trolls become allies can the fate of the world be changed. The Trolls offers adventure fantasy pure – exciting and humorously told by a young, talented author. Press PressOpinions Author Christoph Hardebusch, born in 1974, studied English and media in Marburg and then worked as a copywriter for an advertising agency. His great interest in fantasy and history eventually inspired him to pursue his vocation as a writer.