Dragonslayer

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Summary: Dragonslayer
Review: After racing through the first books in the series, it just gets better. Immensely enjoyabe read if you are into fantasy, AD&D or sword and sorcery. Fairly light and fast moving, good humour and interesting characters (when axe is not hewing into skaven flesh). Many orcs died, and Grotek did not think it too many.
I like this series because William Kings writing style delivers fast and furious action while finding time to create interest in the fate of our doom seeking heroes. My idea of dwarves being stubborn, intractable, built like mountains and almost single minded in purpose fits in nicely with one of the main characters, Grotek.
If you enjoy Shillatoe, Dave Duncan, Weiss/Hickman, Gemmell and so forth, but wanted a bit more action (ok, and a little less depth of character) then have some fun with this series.

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Summary: Dragonslayer
Review: After racing through the first books in the series, it just gets better. Immensely enjoyabe read if you are into fantasy, AD&D or sword and sorcery. Fairly light and fast moving, good humour and interesting characters (when axe is not hewing into skaven flesh). Many orcs died, and Grotek did not think it too many.
I like this series because William Kings writing style delivers fast and furious action while finding time to create interest in the fate of our doom seeking heroes. My idea of dwarves being stubborn, intractable, built like mountains and almost single minded in purpose fits in nicely with one of the main characters, Grotek.
If you enjoy Shillatoe, Dave Duncan, Weiss/Hickman, Gemmell and so forth, but wanted a bit more action (ok, and a little less depth of character) then have some fun with this series.

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Summary: Another Installment of G&F
Review: Gotrek and Felix are at it again! This time, they fight the Chaos Dragon Skjalandir, and learn of a great incursion of Chaos--due to be fought out in Beastslayer.

The main theme is Gotrek's quest for a heroic death, but he is sidetracked by a friend's death (read to find out who's) and decides to kill the Dragon.

The theme of Order plays out greatly in this installment, the set-in-stone traditions of the Dwarfs against the Chaoticness of the dragon and Orcs.

Read this book, you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: Another Installment of G&F
Review: Gotrek and Felix are at it again! This time, they fight the Chaos Dragon Skjalandir, and learn of a great incursion of Chaos--due to be fought out in Beastslayer.

The main theme is Gotrek's quest for a heroic death, but he is sidetracked by a friend's death (read to find out who's) and decides to kill the Dragon.

The theme of Order plays out greatly in this installment, the set-in-stone traditions of the Dwarfs against the Chaoticness of the dragon and Orcs.

Read this book, you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: More carnage and mayem!
Review: If you are reading this, I hope that you have read the previous three books in the series (Trollslayer, Skavenslayer, Deamonslayer). If not, perhaps you are just curious to what this series is all about. If you are, go pick up a copy of Trollslayer. It is a short story anthology of Gotrek and Felix's early adventures. The first two stories alone will give you all the information you need as to whether this series is for you. Now on to the readers of the previous books...

In Dragonslayer, Gotrek and Felix face, yep you guessed it, a dragon. Ah, but it's no ordinary dragon (as you'll have to read to book to find out). No new ground is broken in this book, but I think that's exactly what King's readers want. Gotrek and Felix are familiar characters that we like just how they are. We like the kinds of adventures they have. We're not looking for deep personal dramas or romances. The Slayer series is like Raiders of the Lost Ark with an Axe! And Kings fans love it.

This book takes off directly where Daemonslayer ends making this book feel more like it's part of a series than any of the previous books. A decent amount of time is spent in a Dwarven city making for a new and interesting setting, and for the first time since Wolfridders, Gotrek gets to confront Gobbos (sort of).

It was inevitable that the duo would clash against a dragon (especially since in the game, the progression of a slayer in order is: trollslayer, giantslayer, dragonslayer, daemonslayer), and after facing off against a greater daemon, what else can you do? I still feel that, like daemonslayer, the scope of these conflicts is too soon for a series that will last 10-12 books, but it's fun none-the-less. Readers of Daemonlayer will note that this book is a little slower and less climactic than that book, but it is still one of the best in the series.

As always, my reviews are meant to be objective. Fans of the series can add an extra star.

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Summary: Felix and Gotrek continue on...
Review: This wonderful series shows no signs of stopping. Bill King has taken two wonderful characters and given them a great more life than the premise might initially offer. The ex-noble and his staunch Dwarven companion continue to chop their way through their foes.

Don't start here though! Go back to the first in the series and start there.

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Summary: Great fantasy storyline.
Review: Unlike most game based series this is a great book. The whole series in fact makes me want to play the game it's based on. The characters are interesting with unique and interesting villians from all over the "Warhammer" world.

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Summary: Another enjoyable entry in this winner of a series
Review: While not as intense as its predecessor in the series, this fourth entry in the Felix and Gotrek saga (after Trollslayer, Skavenslayer and Daemonslayer) is every bit as fun.

This book follows the fearless pair and their comrades back from the horrors of the Chaos Wastes and on to a hidden mountain citadel of the dwarves. As usual, along the way there's plenty of axe hewing action and bloodspattered goodness.

The dragon of the title of course shows up, as well as a nice little horde of orcs you know you can rely on to show our heroes some special hospitality.

Not an absolutely essential entry in this series, but a very welcome addition for people like me who just can't get enough of this pair.

For people just beginning this series, I'd probably recommend Daemonslayer first.

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Summary: I love William King
Review: William king is a great fantasy writer.
I recommend this book to anyone who is a Warhammer fan. Don't be mistaken, I also love Long Sagas that takes months to read like TAD Williams. But if you are looking for something brief that will not consume more than a dya or two, well this is the book for you.
Some might claim that this sort of books lack in Depth, characters are one dimensional with no development whatsoever. Well, this sort of criticism is a bit like going to a lethal weapon IX or Tomb raider movie and judging it with the same scale of a Felini masterpiece. So if you are looking for a few hours of pure action and fun, this is the book for you. King does it splendidly with vivid imagination, and maximum gore and mayhem brought to you by Felix and Gotrek.