Twenty years ago, Malcolm Whiteley discovers his attractive wife Lysette is having an affair.
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When fifteen-year-old Cissie Brodie loses her parents to cholera, she is forced out of the family cottage & left to raise her
...For countless millennia, no man or beast has ever succeeded in breaching the stone gateway into Girdlegard. Until now... Abandoned as a child, Tungdil the blacksmith is the only dwarf in a kingdom of men. But when he is sent out into the world to deliver a message & reacquaint himself with his people, the young foundling finds himself thrust into a battle for which he has not been trained. Not only his own safety, but the life of every man, woman & child in Girdlegard depends upon his ability to embrace his heritage. Although he has many unanswered questions, Tungdil is certain of one thing: no matter where he was raised, he is a true dwarf. & no one has ever questioned the courage of the Dwarves.