title: The Fate of the Dwarves
author:  Markus Heitz 
description: Praise for the Orcs series:<br /><br />"With grand scale world building, labyrinthine plotlines, extensive backstory and pedal-to-the-metal action, Nicholls captures adventure fantasy at its very best."<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em></i></b><br /><br />"Incorporating wall to wall action with undercurrents of dark humor, <em>Bodyguard of Lightning</em> is a gritty, fast-paced novel with a neat twist. The heroes are orcs - though you wouldn't want to meet any of them on a dark night!"<b>David Gemmell</b><br /><br />"Weirdly charming, fast-moving and freaky, <em>Bodyguard of Lightning</em> is the most fun you're ever likely to have with a warband of orcs. Remember, buy now or beg for mercy later ... "<b>Tad Williams</b><br /><br />"... A neat idea and Stan Nicholls pulls it off with great panache ... enough weird sex to keep the tabloids outraged for weeks. You'll never feel the same about Lord of the Rings."<b>Jon Courtenay Grimwood</b>
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  ## **Contents**
  
  
    
  
  
  [Half-Bloods Rising](part0001.html#UGI0-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [For news, books, and bonus
  content](part0002.html#1T140-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 1 The Urlas Woodlands
  ](part0003.html#2RHM0-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 2 The Spice Runner and Sea
  Dwarves](part0004.html#3Q280-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 3 Upon the Aela
  Sunrise](part0005.html#4OIQ0-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 4 Bleaklands](part0006.html#5N3C0-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 5 Shells of
  Meredaas](part0007.html#6LJU0-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 6 Lost](part0008.html#7K4G0-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 7 Ice Drake](part0009.html#8IL20-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 8 The
  Maelstrom](part0010.html#9H5K0-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 9 Demons At The
  Gate](part0011.html#AFM60-e2f4f09309dd40a3afaec8f067949224)
  
  
  [Chapter 10 Shattering o