Trollslayer

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Summary: William the Slayer King
Review: A book about a rebel rich kid and a maniac dwarf with a death wish who travel the breadth and length of the warhammer world. This book really captures the grimness of the Warhammer world. Despite the fact that it is in fact a collection of short stories, previously published in White Dwarf magazine, it is still a great book.

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Summary: Horror, action, romance and humor
Review: A wonderful mixture of romance, action, a bit of horror and humor. This is an excellent book that I recommend to anybody over eight years of age (because of the amount of gore). I've only had the chance to read this first book so I am really looking forward to reading the other four books.

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Summary: Trully an exciting and enjoiable "page-turner":
Review: As a first approach to William King's works, I was realy pleased. The story is about a strange couple of a dwarf called Gotrek, a funny guy who is as short as a nine-year old kid but as strong as a bull, and a human called Felix Jaeger, a poet who also is mastered in the use of a sword, that is forced to follow his companion beacause of an oath. They both get in deep trouble and real exiting adventures while trying to go past the day in the fearfull world of Warhammer , were only the strong survive. It has an easy going text, which is easy to follow, but is also rich and cultivating. This is the kind of book that you will laugh, fear and intrigue. This story of a pair of warriors ,taking each step with less caution than a cow on ice, will keep you at the edge of the chair.

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Summary: Troll Slayer ROCKS!
Review: As Gotreck and Felix travel from cities to towns to wild forest's they find and interact with variety of different people and creatures. They have many action packed battles and are in situations where theyre lives are on the line. It's a great starter novel for the other four novel's. It has good portions of action, laughter and suspense to keep you on the edge of your seat and reading for a while. It's very well written and composed to make a good novel. It's also not large but it sure isn't small either, so with two hundred and eighty some odd pages it will keep you interested to keep reading it and the rest of the series.

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Summary: A great hack and slash story, with emotion and thought too
Review: 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..

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Summary: Slayer Books Are Awsome!
Review: First of all, I got hooked on this series when a friend let me borrow DeamonSlayer, the third in the series. Little did we know that there were to preceders. I got them both and re-read Deamon, and am now on DragonSlayer
I personaly think TrollSlayer is the worst one. Don't get me wrong it's a great book but the short stories aren't connected like the other ones where it is one storyline. It is good and action packed but there is little information accept about how Felix gets his rune sword and the assult on Fort Van Dheil, and with Kirstin.
As a WarHammer player and collecter I fea that the Slayer seris is great and really lets you enter the dark realm of WarHammer and it's peoples. From the Eldest Race (arguable Elves or Lizzard Men) to the Yougest Race (men) it lets you see their veiws and their world better.
I reccomned this series to any one who likes Fantasy, epic battles, WarHammer enthusiasts or anyone who is looking for a quick, fun, easy read book.

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Summary: EXCELLENT FANTASY FICTION
Review: 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. ...

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Summary: Really a short story compilation
Review: I first discovered two of my favorite fantasy characters of all time about a decade ago in a Warhammer short story anthology called Ignorant Armies by GW Books and a story in it by William King called "Geheimnisnacht" (The first story in Trollslayer). I liked it. But the second short story anthology in the Warhammer series called Wolf Riders and the story by the same name (the second story in Trollslayer) which was a sequel of sorts had me hooked. Fortunately, there was a third anthology, Red Thirst, which continued the adventures in a story called "Dark Beneath the World". But my enjoyment seemed to be shortlived as GW Books ceased to exist and I only ever discovered one more story, "Skaven's Claw", in a magazine. Oh how I'd wished William King could have written a novel about his characters Gotrek and Felix.

Fate shined on me a decade later when I was wandering around the bookstore. Trollslayer: A Gotrek and Felix novel by William King. I must have been dreaming.

William King may not be a literary master nor is any of his work critically acclaimed, but he does things right. And what he does right, he does oh so right. King knows how to write characters. He knows how to write a setting. And he knows how to write dialogue (especially with Gotrek). He knows how to make fantasy fantastic, but he also knows how to keep his world realistic and believable.

I gave this book four stars only because it's not a masterpiece and I'm rating it objectively. My personal bias would have given it five stars.

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Summary: My childhood friends return!!
Review: I have been a fan of the Games Workshop's Warhammer game setting for as long as I can remember. It combines many classic elements: swords and sorcery, action-adventure, lovecraftian horror, steampunk, etc. Despite this, it transcends all cliches to become one of the most detailed, atmospheric, and engrossing fantasy settings ever. Two of its most famous inhabitants are Gotrek, a mighty dwarven warrior who has vowed to die in combat, and Felix, a human poet/swordsman who has vowed to accompany him.

Ever since I began reading, these heroes have always been nearby: Gotrek, axe hold high, striding effortlessly across the pages of army list books, anthologies, and magazines, an invincible force, splitting the skulls of goblins and giants like so many eggs. And Felix, capable but pensive, a dealer of death but a lover of life, reflecting poetically on his precarious situation. This destructive duo, the very essence of heroic fantasy, graced the pages of many Warhammer short-story anthologies and expansion-packs in their days. No longer. The expansion packs are replaced by new expansion packs, the anthologies long out of print.

But now... THEY'RE BACK!!! After long years of silence, William King (flavor-text writer extraordinaire) has brought his legendary creations back from the dead. Most of the stories are reprints from past Warhammer anthologies, but they still read very well. King has found the perfect balance in his writing. The axes-and-sorcery action is second-to-none, with terrifying monsters, spattered gore, and hairbreadth escapes galore. But there's also plenty of depth, as Gotrek contemplates the lost heritage of his once-great dwarven race and the enigma of his own past, and Felix reflects on the horrors of death and the greater horrors of life. For old (18 year-old) salts like me, there are also two brand-new stories. Perhaps they're not quite as good as King's old works, but they still come highly recommended.

Whether you're a long-time fan of Warhammer or just looking for good fantasy, the buck stops here!

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Summary: Slayer Books Are Awsome!
Review: I read most of the Warhammer Fantasy books way back in the day and thought the series of books long gone. I give many thanks to Hogshead who kept pubbing the WFRP series and Black Library for reviving their superb series of Warhammer novels. I remember "The Dark beneath the World" story clearly because it was one of my favorites and the basis for the cover of the WFRP book. William King knows his characters well and scripts his action and dialogue fluidly. I haven't read the other novels yet, (I just learned they're out there!) but I'm definitley going to. For all who's interested, I suggest checking out the Jack Yeovil books too.