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Gotrek and Felix, the First Omnibus (Warhammer: Gotrek and Felix)
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Product Description
The Black Library's flagship fantasy series is collected together in a stunning new omnibus edition. The adventures of the Black Library's most infamous characters are collected together into one great value omnibus edition! Dwarf trollslayer Gotrek Gurnisson has sworn to seek an honorable death in combat to atone for an unspoken personal disgrace. Chronicling his exploits is human poet Felix Jaeger, a fugitive from the authorities who only has to stay alive to tell the tale! Bringing together the first three novels in the series ("Trollslayer", "Skavenslayer" and "Daemonslayer"), this omnibus is a "must have" for all fans of heroic fantasy.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #11043 in Books
- Published on: 2006-07-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 768 pages
Editorial Reviews
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'A vicious sense of pacing and style, and they're just plain fun to read.' - SFF.net
About the Author
William King was born in Stranraer, Scotland, in 1959. His short stories have appeared in The Year's Best SF, Zenith, White Dwarf and Interzone. He is the author of the much-loved Gotrek & Felix adventures and the Space Wolf novels. Bill currently lives in Prague.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic
I have never used 5 stars until now
I only really bought the book after hearing other good reviews about it and now I know why. Its is brilliant plain and simple.
The book follows the adventures of two characters a humans and a dwarf as they travel through the world on adventures. Its based on the warhammer world in the area known as the empire. You dont really have to know the world or the game to understand the book though.
There are lots of great twists and jokes in it, the author really tells a good story.
I can strongly recommend it to any reader who likes fantasy novels of any kind.
A Brilliant Example Of Fantasy Writing
The Black Library is one of the best things to come out of Games workshop in years and this the first collection of one of their first series is one of the reasons why. Set in the fantasy world of Warhammer (which you don't have to be familiar with) the books collected here follow the adventures of a human Felix Jaegar a disowned son of a merchant now turned adventurer and his adventuring partner a dwarf Gotrek Gurnisson a trollslayer sworn to seek an honourable death to make up for a past sin. Felix much to his occasional regret was rescued from a nasty fate by Gotrek which led him to end up swearing an oath one druken night in a tavern to write an epic poem about Gotrek's heroic death when he finally met his end. The books collected here are a fine example of fantasy writing done well with a nice punchy style, plenty of action and a good dose of dark humour. Credit to William King who seems to be especially good at writing these characters.
Life is colourless without it!
Follow the adventures of a suicidal dwarf slayer and warrior poet as they travel across the lands in search of the ultimate foe. I'm glad to say after finally finishing this fantastic series I was not disappointed. From epic battles within ancient dwarven cities to barren mountain passes, Gotrek and Felix never fail to disappoint with exciting action and tense plotlines. I'm not really sure what else to say, I went through the first book and thought it was good, somehow from there they managed to get even more epic each time. Trollslayer gives you a great introduction and invaluable glimpse into the personalities and capabilities of both characters, skavenslayer involves crafty conspiracies, and Demonslayer churns out something I've been waiting for to long. But at the risk of ruining the plots I'll say no more, trust me when I say you need these books!
