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Diaries of a Dwarven Rifleman stands out as one of the most engaging novels I've ready this year due to its reasoned approach to character action. Each inhabitant of this world seems to make real decisions that they weigh as much as real people in our world do. For instance, in this novel Random Villain 7 doesn't run into gunfire for no reason - because, in life, nobody considers themselves "Random Villain 7".

Likewise, just as much thought is put into the use of technology and magic presented in the novel. Most of it is very reasonable and reasoned. Instead of a fairy tale where characters do things 'because it's the story' and action plays out 'because it's exciting', you're left feeling that this is a real world.

Most surprisingly, none of this comes across as heavy-handed. Many of my favourite authors attempt to explain their clever ideas and simply come across as eager kids at a science fair. The Pearces never cross that line, and as a result the novel never became a tiresome presentation of the sort I find even in many great novels such as Gibson's, Stephenson's or Rothfuss'.

I have only two places I'd like to see improved and I think they could both be addressed with a revised copy and solid editor. First, the Kindle version is a bit annoying to read because the first word of each paragraph is heavily indented. It's a quibble, but worth noting. Second, I think this novel would go from good to great with the help of a very solid editor. For instance, there are a few paragraphs in which you're left wondering who took a particular important action; it seems, because their name had been omitted in editing from a previous paragraph. One solid editorial pass would probably clean this and the couple typos I found right up.

Great work, and I'm looking forward to more.


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Diaries of a Dwarven Rifleman Dwarven Rifleman Series edition by Michael Tinker Pearce Linda Pearce Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

The book started with a bit of "telling" instead of "showing" but soon got past that and turned into a book I had a hard time putting down. I very much enjoyed the book and immediately went and bought the next two. I look forward to reading everything they write. I like all the characters, the "voice" of them, the world, everything. I could easily visualize the whole story. This is a big story that covers quite a bit. If you like epic fantasy and military fiction, this is a good a merger as you will find.
I love this novel, and the world it posits.

Here's the central conceit of the unique bits

"Dwarves are great engineers. Making an air-powered gun isn't that hard, even if our fantasy universe can't have gunpowder for some reason. In the early days, powerful air rifles competed with guns. I'm going to explore that."

Okay, add to that a character who is relatable and very competent whose head we ride along with.

Great stuff. The only reason I haven't read more in the series is, I'm not sure those novels follow the protagonist of this story, and he's the one I wanted to hear more about.
This is a great series of epic/classic fantasy. I only wish Ms. Pearce would write faster.

There are two parts to the story that really intrigue me. Firstly, Engvyr Gunnarson is a very deep and complex character whose virtues greatly outweigh his shortcomings. His insights into his world form a large part of the author's method of world building. He has opinions on politics, the military, families and the other races (goblins and humans). However, his opinions are not set in stone and he is willing to change his beliefs when they conflict with reality.

His adventures are exciting without being outlandish. He is a hero without hubris which is somewhat surprising considering his lineage (which I won't divulge and spoil the surprise).

The other things that the authors do well is technology and military science, including battle tactics and strategy. It was written so that I could see it in my mind as if watching a movie. Nothing was outrageously done but the descriptions slowly added to the excitement and you just can't help but root for Emgvyr and his companions to succeed.
Truthfully, I have no idea why I picked this little jewel of a tale up, but it was a good choice. The tale is comprised of many vignettes of Engvyr Gunnarson's life. Forced by circumstances to leave their home and return to the dwarven homeland, Engvyr's family embarks on an long and perilous trek. The events and losses on that journey shape the adult that the young dwarf becomes, molding him into a reluctant hero.

Engvyr never gives in to the casual brutality that characterizes his society, nor does he allow racism to interfere with his understanding of human nature and the basic underlying fact of the races - that ALL the races evolved from a common root - that of humans, and all share a common humanity. Early on he is taught that despite the radical differences in appearance and widely divergent societal differences, all the races of people want the same basic things enough food for their children, and a safe place to raise them.

Engvyr understands that when a society removes the humanity from an enemy ethnic group, it becomes easy to commit the most extreme atrocities against them, all in the name of whatever cause one is fighting for. Because he understands the underlying truth of this, Engvyr brings compassion to his battles, and a desire to do good.

There is a great deal of Norse mythology woven into this tale, as well as Nordic mores and values. These characters are strong people with great capacities for both love and cruelty.

For those of you who are weapons purists, you will be happy to note that the weapons Engvyr carries are original and scrupulously designed to be both real and fantastic at the same time. It is apparent that the authors have a true knowledge of guns and knives, and weaponry in general. Indeed, +Michael Tinker Pearce is known as the 'Swordgeek' and regularly blogs and gives podcasts on the subject of swords.

All in all, this is an excellent, well written and well thought out book.
Diaries of a Dwarven Rifleman stands out as one of the most engaging novels I've ready this year due to its reasoned approach to character action. Each inhabitant of this world seems to make real decisions that they weigh as much as real people in our world do. For instance, in this novel Random Villain 7 doesn't run into gunfire for no reason - because, in life, nobody considers themselves "Random Villain 7".

Likewise, just as much thought is put into the use of technology and magic presented in the novel. Most of it is very reasonable and reasoned. Instead of a fairy tale where characters do things 'because it's the story' and action plays out 'because it's exciting', you're left feeling that this is a real world.

Most surprisingly, none of this comes across as heavy-handed. Many of my favourite authors attempt to explain their clever ideas and simply come across as eager kids at a science fair. The Pearces never cross that line, and as a result the novel never became a tiresome presentation of the sort I find even in many great novels such as Gibson's, Stephenson's or Rothfuss'.

I have only two places I'd like to see improved and I think they could both be addressed with a revised copy and solid editor. First, the version is a bit annoying to read because the first word of each paragraph is heavily indented. It's a quibble, but worth noting. Second, I think this novel would go from good to great with the help of a very solid editor. For instance, there are a few paragraphs in which you're left wondering who took a particular important action; it seems, because their name had been omitted in editing from a previous paragraph. One solid editorial pass would probably clean this and the couple typos I found right up.

Great work, and I'm looking forward to more.