40 Jahre "Der Hexer"

by Wolfgang Hohlbein

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1883. Vor der Küste Schottlands erleidet ein Viermaster Schiffbruch. Nur wenige Menschen überleben die Katastrophe. Unter ihnen ein Mann, der gejagt wird von uralten finsteren Göttern ...

So begann im Juli 1984 eine Saga, die schnell Kultstatus erlangte und dazu beitrug, dass ihr Autor Wolfgang Hohlbein zu einem der bekanntesten Vertreter der Phantastik in Deutschland wurde. 40 Jahre später ist es Zeit für Robert Craven, in ein brandneues Abenteurer zu ziehen, das die bislang unbekannte Vorgeschichte zum Serienstart erzählt. Daneben präsentiert dieses Jubiläumsbuch Artikel, Fotos, Erinnerungen, Interviews und viele Hintergrundinfos rund um den HEXER und Wolfgang Hohlbein!

339 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 20, 2024

About the author

Wolfgang Hohlbein is a German author of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction who lives near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia. His wife, Heike, is also a writer and often works with her husband. She often comes up with the story ideas and therefore is generally credited as co-author. Their daughter, Rebecca, is also a writer.

Writing short stories since age 15, Hohlbein was first recognized as an author after sending in a manuscript he and his wife had written at a fantasy and science fiction writing contest in 1982. They won and their book, Märchenmond (English title: "Magic Moon"), was published by Ueberreuter Publishing, soon becoming a bestseller and winning several awards. It is one of their greatest successes till today.

Many of his more than 200 books are translated and published in many European countries as well as in South Korea. Yet for many years none of his works had been translated into English. In 2006, Magic Moon was translated into English and published in the United States.