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Title	:	Trek to Kraggen-Cor (The Silver Call #1)
Author	:	Dennis L. McKiernan
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 252 pages
Published	:	September 1994 by New American Library (first published 1986)
Categories	:	Fantasy. High Fantasy. Epic Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Adventure

Trek to Kraggen-Cor (The Silver Call #1) Paperback | Pages: 252 pages

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Many people are extremely hateful towards this series as it is clearly a 'rip-off' of Tolkien. However, I found this series very enjoyable. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings was certainly a magnificent series, but it did have many many long drawn out battle scenes. McKiernan's novels, on the other hand, are significantly less focused on battles. There's still plenty of action and battle, but I found the series to be much faster paced and attention keeping. I love McKiernan's take on Tolkien's hobbits. The Warrows are not just simple, helpless characters. They are skilled with the bow and hunting techniques. Overall, I found this series to be extremely enjoyable. I for one am a huge fan of the Iron Tower Trilogy, and the Silver Call Duology.

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Original Title:	Trek to Kraggen-Cor
ISBN:	9994093835 (ISBN13: 9789994093830)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Silver Call #1, Mithgar (Chronological) #12, Mithgar #1 , more

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Ratings: 3.87 From 1264 Users | 29 Reviews

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Tolkien rip-off - no argument about it but that's just what I was after. These dwarves are all that fans ever want them to be.

This is pretty blatantly Lord of the Rings fanfic with the serial numbers barely filed off. Following the destruction of not-Sauron a few centuries ago, the Dwarves now wish to reclaim their homeland of not-Moria. Aided by a Warror (read: totally not a hobbit, guys, really) named Peregrin (yes, really) not-Durin leads an army overland to the Dusk Gate, the opening of the ancient dungeon. Despite being a blatant knock-off, I actually found this rather enjoyable. The characters aren't especially

Part 2 of the Silver Call duology.This is the book for everyone who wondered "what happened to Moria after the War of the Ring." It goes a little beyond that, but not much. To be honest, the 'trilogy' it spawned, the Iron Tower is much the superior work. Don't let this, if it's not your cup of tea, put you off that.

1.5 stars.Why do I read Dennis L. McKiernan novels?If you, Theoretical Reader, actually want an answer to that, check out my review of the Iron Tower series. In this case, I mean it much more figuratively. Like, why the hell do I do this to myself?For context, everything I'm reading right now that's NOT Walter Mosley are in-between books. I'm reading all the Easy Rawlins mysteries, but want to cleanse my palate between books to avoid burn out. Does that justify this decision? Is 10 year old Matt

I really wish I could give it a four stars. I mean, it's fun to read, and that is no small feat, and I do like the characters. Yeah, the overall structure is Tolkien, but he wrote it as a sequel to Lord of the Rings, so it's understandable when seven companions get called "The Fellowship" and stuff like that. I like that most of the challenges the heroes face in this book are natural ones, not caused by any evil force from another plane or whatever, just good old ice, snow, water, and rocks. I

Slightly less awful than the first trilogy. But not enough to overcome my intense ill will toward the series.

Ever wonder what Tolkien's dwarves would have done with Moria now that the balrog was killed. McKiernan's dwarves go back to reclaim their lost home. I love dwarves, I love fantasy so this story has it all for me. Top honors, highly recommended