Markus Heitz Books in Order

Orphaned dwarf Tungdil has grown up among humans in the realm of Ionandar, a blacksmith who has never met his own kind. Sent on a simple errand, he is drawn into a battle for Girdlegard and must embrace his heritage to face an ancient evil.

Fresh from victory over a treacherous mage, Tungdil and his comrades barely have time to celebrate before an immortal orc army marches on Girdlegard. As an even darker power gathers behind them, the dwarves fight a war where defeat means extinction.

Hybrid creatures bred from orcs and dark elves sweep through Girdlegard, hunting a dwarven artifact that could decide who rules the world. Scarred hero Tungdil must shake off grief and self destruction to wield his double ax again in defense of his people.

Chef and competitive fencer Saskia is nicked by a mysterious opponent and discovers the cut has awakened a terrifying gift. On the run with quiet house sitter Will after a massacre in a secluded estate, she is forced to open blood portals coveted by demons and fanatics.

In 1764, hunter Jean Chastel stalks the monstrous Beast of Gevaudan, only to see his own sons cursed by its bite. Centuries later, lone warrior Eric von Kastell roams modern Europe, determined to erase the last werewolves born of that bloody legend.

Werewolf hunter Eric von Kastell follows a trail of killings to Rome, where a secret order guards a relic called the Sanctum. His hunt intertwines with the fate of Gregoria, an eighteenth century abbess, as a holy substance promises miracles or absolute destruction.

Dragons, powerful magicians and dark elves have pushed deep into Girdlegard, leaving the dwarves facing a final, desperate war. When a dwarf in black armor returns from the Black Abyss with a vast army, friends must decide if this is truly Tungdil or something far worse.

In the realm of the alfar, war leaders Sinthoras and Caphalor are ordered to win a demon's aid for a new campaign against elves, dwarves and men. Their uneasy partnership tests a brutal society built on conquest, cruelty and absolute obedience.

The alfar war machine has shattered the dwarven homeland, and Sinthoras and Caphalor seem close to total victory. As greed tears their alliance apart and a forgotten enemy rises, the dark elves must fight to save their own realm from ruin.

Banished to the lethal underworld of Phondrason, alfar triplets Sisaroth, Tirigon and Firusha battle monsters and their own rivalries. When they meet imprisoned dwarf Tungdil, an unlikely alliance forms that could reshape the future of both dwarves and dark elves.

After a plane smashes into a Paris terminal, investigators discover every passenger died before impact. Undertaker Konstantin Korff, a reckless scientist in Minsk and a single survivor are all linked by a curse that turns sleep itself into a deadly weapon.

In the shattered Hidden Land, Aiphaton, heir to the fallen dark elves, vows to hunt down the last of his ruthless people. When a mysterious mage threatens every realm, the dwarves and their old enemy must decide whether to trust one another to survive.

Years after the dark elves' defeat, a mysterious child revives fears of a new threat to Girdlegard. High King Ireheart sends a party to find lost hero Tungdil, but the dwarf they uncover may carry secrets that endanger the fragile peace.

Set during the Thirty Years' War, Aenlin Kane, daughter of Solomon Kane, joins a secret mission through war scarred Germany. Chasing her father's legacy, she and her allies confront demons hiding behind witch trials and burning battlefields.

Walter van Dam's rescue team tracks his missing daughter through a cave labyrinth and chooses the door marked with a question mark. They emerge in an alternate 1940s Europe where an occupying superpower plans a nuclear strike, and stopping it is the only way to save Anna-Lena.

Choosing the door marked with an exclamation point hurls the searchers for Anna-Lena into the year 841. Stranded on the eve of a decisive medieval battle, they must navigate clashing armies and shifting loyalties to reach the girl alive.

Centuries after Tungdil vanished, gem carver Goimron discovers a detailed chronicle apparently written by the legendary dwarf, complete with recent entries. His search for the author pulls a new generation of dwarves into dragon plots, human schemes and rising albae threats.

The same rescue mission turns inward when the team takes Door X instead. Each member is dragged through a personal nightmare and a bleak future world, and facing their own fears becomes the only path back to Anna-Lena.

Goimron and his companions press deeper into Girdlegard in search of Tungdil, only to collide with ruthless albae plans and the ambitions of rivals such as Brabandor and Klaey. Their quest could rescue the dwarves or reshape their future forever.