Memoirs of the Crimson Dwarf

Book 1 of the Tears of Tyrra Trilogy

As a young dwarf in Stonewood, Crimson Chilox dreams of becoming a Cutter, one of the dwarven woodcutters who harvest the rock-hard timber that gives the town its name, but when he wanders off from his chores and meets the dryad who protects him as his home is ravaged by orcs, he begins an adventure that takes him far from home.