Trollslayer

by William King

Book Overview

From the Black Library archive, the classic first novel in the bestselling Gotrek & Felix series in a lavish new format. After fleeing the authorities in the Imperial city of Altdorf, Felix Jaeger... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844160025
• ISBN13: 9781844160020
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Black Library
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great Sword & Sorcery! Finally!

I cannot give a higher review then to say that a writer has finally come forward with an excellent fantasy book. If you like, Robert E Howard, Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock, or R.A. Salvatore then you will like this book. Lots of action and no wading through endless pages of boredom. Now if only the major publishers would get their acts together and start printing this kind of fiction again.

Where it all started. Felix & Gotrek's collected early tales

I started reading the Felix & Gotrek series with the third book "Daemonslayer" and continued on with a couple more before deciding to come and check out the previous ones I had missed. This book is the very first in the series, and collects the short stories William King published about the pair in various Games Workshop magazines and anthologies before he began writing full-length novels about them.Since I was used to the novels, I was a bit apprehensive that the short story format might not be as enjoyable or might not allow for as much story development. But it turns out I worried for nothing. -- As usual, FELIX & GOTREK ROCK!I was expecting the very first story to show the actual events which brought the two heroes together, but instead King picks up the tale some time later, after they have been on the road a while.Although these stories were originally written as individual stand-alone pieces, in fact they do follow an ongoing and logically progressing geographical trail for the pair, so in a way they are linked. Thus rather than seeming disjointed, it felt something like watching an episodic movie where the screen fades completely to black for a moment, then picks up the action some time later and a little further down the road. It all seemed like one long and very enjoyable Dark Age-ish "road movie".-- And what a road it is! From ugly deformed mutants to wolf-riding orcs, to werewolves, to Chaos warriors and beastmen, to foul and nameless things that dwell in the dark bowels of the earth -- they meet them all in this one!As I say, since they are on the move throughout this book, it has a different feel from some other entries in the series where they are stationary in one location throughout, such as "Skavenslayer" and "Beastslayer". And the multitude and variety of foes they face seemed to make it even more interesting than usual for me. A couple of the stories towards the end seemed a little weak and predictable, but overall I still loved the book. Now "Stand back, Manling", and let me get on to my next Felix & Gotrek book!

EXCELLENT FANTASY FICTION

Gotrek and Felix are two itinerant wanderers whose travels across the Old World and beyond have taken them into many battles. William King pumps out some excellent fantasy fiction in this Games Workshop Black Libray classic. The book is organized into several short stories which link together to tell the tale of a Dwarf Slayer who has committed a crime against himself and his people, and now must seek his death in the most grand and mad way possible. Gotrek Gurnisson is the most accomplished Slayer in the Warhammer world, having felled mighty creatures from the Badlands to the Realms of the Chaos. To add to the conflict of the story, the mad dwarf Gotrex is aided by a young man named Felix. Felix is a poet, and an exiled noble. Felix meets up with Gotrex in a tavern and after getting roaring drunk on spirits, agrees to travel with the Slayer and record his deeds and death in a journal which will be translated into an epic tale. This makes for a grand story, and interesting plots. All the way, the two learn more about themselves and wage war against the Ruinious Powers of Chaos. The Dwarf Ancestor Gods seem to have some plan for Gotrek, driving him towards an unknown doom. Since swearing his oath to accompany the Slayer, Felix has also been bound into this mysterious destiny. Although this means that they are forever wandering, unable to settle, they are also able to survive battles that see thousands of others die. Read this book, and then read the others in the series. You will NOT be disappointed. ...

Utterly Enjoyable

Usually I am a pretty hard man to please with fantasy and sci-fi novels. With this book, I was not only satisfied with the writing but I often found myself laughing out loud or even gripping the pages tight with suspense. Being a fan of the Warhammer universe I really enjoyed reading the stories. I highly recommend this book to you if you like action-fantasy and/or the world of Warhammer. It's non-pretentious as a lot of self-aggrandizing authors are lately. It's just good, old-fashioned mutant skull breaking.

A great hack and slash story, with emotion and thought too

Bill did a great job on this. They are his short stories compiled in a book, as well as the 2nd part, Skavenslayer. So the chapters as pretty long. however, i found each part of the book to be interesting and fun. The characters are intense, and so is the action. Not to mention that it has a lot of funny moments. I recomend all three of the slayer books, that take place in the great Warhammer world..