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Summary: One of the greatest books in Warhammer history
Review: "SkavenSlayer", starts of with, Felix, and Gotrek, in the sewers of a large imperial city as sewerjacks, to kill trolls, or other forces of chaos, who might be wondering in the maze of sewers, in order to get money. However there simple job to get money became there battlegrounds for there new breathtaking adventure, when they find a skaven ratman, making a deal with a human. As the human gave the ratman, a warp stone, the ratman, saw gotrek and threw the stone to the ground which caused a eary fog to kill the ratman, and one of the sewerjacks accomponing felix, and gotrek. after that gotrek and felix, realized the city was in trouble to be attacked from the most unexpected direction, from below.
Together felix and gotrek must fight the hordes of skaven, to protect the city, or die in honor.
this book was one of the best I've read, it had great suspense, action, humor, ect. i recommand that all felix and gotrek novel lovers read this book. also if your a skaven funatic you would probably injoy this book.
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Summary: One of the greatest books in Warhammer history
Review: "SkavenSlayer", starts of with, Felix, and Gotrek, in the sewers of a large imperial city as sewerjacks, to kill trolls, or other forces of chaos, who might be wondering in the maze of sewers, in order to get money. However there simple job to get money became there battlegrounds for there new breathtaking adventure, when they find a skaven ratman, making a deal with a human. As the human gave the ratman, a warp stone, the ratman, saw gotrek and threw the stone to the ground which caused a eary fog to kill the ratman, and one of the sewerjacks accomponing felix, and gotrek. after that gotrek and felix, realized the city was in trouble to be attacked from the most unexpected direction, from below.
Together felix and gotrek must fight the hordes of skaven, to protect the city, or die in honor.
this book was one of the best I've read, it had great suspense, action, humor, ect. i recommand that all felix and gotrek novel lovers read this book. also if your a skaven funatic you would probably injoy this book.
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Summary: Second in the series...
Review: *** 1/2 StarsWhat started over a decade ago in a magazine devoted to the roleplaying and tabletop games by Games Workshop called Warhammer, now sees a surprising resurgence of life after all these years since Games Workshop closed their book publishing division, GW Books. Though the magazine lives on, the great stories from arguably the best fantasy world since Tolkein created Middle Earth (I actually think the world of Warhammer better). Sadly GW has seemingly abandoned even their flagship roleplaying game (and my favorite roleplaying game of all time) and all the world detail that went along with it. But this is a review about a the second book in a series that is 10 years overdue. While Trollslayer (the first book) was only a collection of short stories (reprinted from the early magazine/anthology days), this one flows much more like a novel in it's own right. I will point out however, that the first chapter is actually a short story published years ago. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good because it's nicer to read a book with more continuity, yet bad because the stories of Felix and Gotrek worked so well in the short story format. Not that I'm complaining; I've waited over 10 years for a Felix and Gotrek novel and now I have one. I've rated this book less than I did for Trollslayer, but it's not bad. Above all, William King's writing style and characterization will keep you flipping pages even when story doesn't live up to it's potential. There are many great points to the book, and William gets to really develop the Skaven (ratmen) far beyond what he did long ago in the short story Skavenslayer. The fun points are watching Felix and Gotrek repeatedly thwart the bumbling machinations of the Skaven, ultimately leading up the the stories climax where the Skaven assault one of the largest human cities in the world (right where our heroes happen to be). As fun as all this is, I was just a bit dissapointed at how the book focused so much on the Skaven and their plots. One of the great things about the short stories was how you [the reader] got to explore so much of the Warhammer world through the eyes of these two wouldbe heroes. Trollslayer [the book] takes you on a wild ride starting from the first exploits of our heroes to thwart a chaos cultic ritual, to saving a border town from goblin wolfriders, to the deep underground of an ancient dwarven fortress in search of lost treasure only to find something truely horrific. And these only the first three stories of the book. Skavenslayer offers Skaven, then more Skaven, then even more Skaven. The book is good, though not as dynamic as the first. If you liked Trollslayer, by all means get this book. I can't get enough of Felix and Gotrek.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Being a true warhammer fan, i had quite a lot of experiance with the warhammer world before i read this, i therefore found it an enjoyable and exciting read. Newcomers to the hobby, or indeed fans of the more futuristic versions of warhammer, will not find this as fun as i did. People may find the idea of giant rat men etc. a bit stupid, which may be hard to grasp. Gotrek still fights with supernatural strength and speed, while felix as usual, hangs back from the main fighting and picks on single enemies, but the book offers a few suprises, as felix sometimes gets the best and hardist kills. The book always has a suspicious mood after you find out about the massive skaven army massing around the city, and keeps you reading. William king, the author has perfectly captured the trechurous ways of the skaven, the utter brutality of gotrek and the knight in shining armour quality that felix has. He's even put some romance in the story, as felix get's laid (again) throughout the book. This book focuses more on felix than in trollslayer, and this is much needed in preparation for the next in series, daemonslayer, as felix is also given a tougher look in skavenslayer, as a bouncer in the toughest bar in the huge city. Overall, i enjoyed this book, and would reccommend it to fans of warhammer, but 40k fans, keep clear of this.
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Summary: Hack and Slash as it should be
Review: Gotrek and Felix rock, it's that simple. While Trollslayer was more of an anthology, Skavenslayer winds tighter and closer to an actual novel. Each chapter builds on the previous one, they must be read in order for the whole book to make sense. Not quite as strongly related as Daemonslayer chapters are, but Skavenslayer is a nice bridge between the first and third books in this series, as Daemonslayer is a full-out novel. I found the Skaven very funny and likeable. They are kind of like stupid pets with an evil, simple intelligence. They do things they aren't suppose to, but it is hard to fault them b/c of their stupidity. I almost found myself cheering for them instead of Gotrek and Felix. But Gotrek is invincible, and Felix gets tougher as the story continues. I really liked the relationship between him and his brother. It gives some depth to his character. I am tempted to say this is the best of the series, but the final battle of Deamonslayer with the Bloodthirster is simply beyond amazing, so Skavenslayer is second best, but still a great read. Modern fantasy should be more like this. Like the old Robert E. Howard Conan stuff. Instead of lame, drawn out crap like Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. Boring!!! It's D&D character developement verses Diablo's hack and slash, kill everything in sight. I'll take the latter everyday of the week and twice on Sunday.
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Summary: Hack and Slash as it should be
Review: Gotrek and Felix rock, it's that simple. While Trollslayer was more of an anthology, Skavenslayer winds tighter and closer to an actual novel. Each chapter builds on the previous one, they must be read in order for the whole book to make sense. Not quite as strongly related as Daemonslayer chapters are, but Skavenslayer is a nice bridge between the first and third books in this series, as Daemonslayer is a full-out novel. I found the Skaven very funny and likeable. They are kind of like stupid pets with an evil, simple intelligence. They do things they aren't suppose to, but it is hard to fault them b/c of their stupidity. I almost found myself cheering for them instead of Gotrek and Felix. But Gotrek is invincible, and Felix gets tougher as the story continues. I really liked the relationship between him and his brother. It gives some depth to his character. I am tempted to say this is the best of the series, but the final battle of Deamonslayer with the Bloodthirster is simply beyond amazing, so Skavenslayer is second best, but still a great read. Modern fantasy should be more like this. Like the old Robert E. Howard Conan stuff. Instead of lame, drawn out crap like Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. Boring!!! It's D&D character developement verses Diablo's hack and slash, kill everything in sight. I'll take the latter everyday of the week and twice on Sunday.
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Summary: Skaven Slaying fun...
Review: I loved this book. Felix and Gortek are at top form, battleing a force of Skaven below the streets of Nuln. While the antics of Felix and Gortek are excellent, the fiendish and backstabbing actions of the rat-men are brilliantly funny. If you love Felix and Gortek, or if you are a fan of the Skaven, then get this one. Cheers!
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Summary: Skaven Slaying fun...
Review: I loved this book. Felix and Gortek are at top form, battleing a force of Skaven below the streets of Nuln. While the antics of Felix and Gortek are excellent, the fiendish and backstabbing actions of the rat-men are brilliantly funny. If you love Felix and Gortek, or if you are a fan of the Skaven, then get this one. Cheers!
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Summary: trollslayer
Review: Its a great book, like the whole series so far, I am an avid reader of science fantasy and this is just good easy intertainment. Felix and Gotrek make an interesting pair, cant wait for the next book.
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Summary: Rats
Review: The second book in this re-emerging series follows the sameformat as the first, being an ongoing series of short stories. Thismakes it easy to dip into; and the fast action makes for an exciting read. All is not entirely roses, however. Gotrek and Felix develop only slowly in this volume, particularly Gotrek who still runs "...his thumb along the blade of his axe..." practically in every paragraph. Felix Jaeger fares the better of the two, perhaps because of the civilised human setting of Nuln, where the Trollslayer is most definititely out of place, and we see more of his relationship with his family. The biggest problem, and it almost cripples the book, is that the chief villains are Skaven. Games Workshop adapted many stock fantasy races for their Warhammer games and created several new ones. Skaven fall into this latter category, alongside the equally tiresome Snotlings. Mr. King does his best to portray the in-fighting and backstabbing of Skaven society and to show them as a particularly insidious threat, attacking society from beneath, but this sits uneasily with the comic aspects of the ratmen. Essentially, it's very hard to make a big mouse sound threatening (at one point a Skaven squeaks thunderously, as unlikely a sound as I can imagine). A few minor characters brighten the picture, but the creative engine is only ticking over here when compared to the roaring adventure of the earlier "Trollslayer." Worth reading? Certainly, but less so if you are not a fan of the previous book or the Warhammer setting in general. END
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