The Gnomewrench in the Peopleworks

Gnomewrench #2

by Nick O'Donohoe

A displaced group of dwarves lend their considerable skills in metalworking to the war effort -- and prove that the biggest heroes of World War II are also the smallest.

Genres: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction

325 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Nicholas Benjamin O’Donohoe. Born in 1952.

Reviews

[Lara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book more than I did the first, maybe because the set-up of...everything...took up a lot of Dwarfworks. Now everything's in motion, whether it's the manufacture of all manner of things for all manner of beings, the dueling underhandedness of Hastings vs. the gnomes, Grady's feelings for Susan, and in the background the war moving towards its end. There are also multiple appearances of my favorite incidental characters, Mr. Faroukh and Mr. Fahdi, as well as Zoltan, the best mama's boy creature of the night out there. And I adore Fifinella and Dingbelle, I knew what they were the moment they landed in the Dwarfworks and made Antony go pale, and I would read an entire novel of their adventures.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was delighted to find more books by Nick O'Donohoe, as the Healing Signs trilogy is a great favorite. This was a much more detailed, alternative history story, but with excellent characters. The story did not flow as well as the previous trilogy, but I enjoyed the story just the same.