Beastslayer

by William King

Book Overview

Storm clouds gather around the icy city of Praag as the foul hordes of Chaos lay ruinous siege to the northern lands of Kislev. Only Gotrek Gurnisson, a death-seeking dwarf Slayer and his sworn human... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743411617
• ISBN13: 9780743411615
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Games Workshop(uk)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.4" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Can't get enough of Helm's Deep in LOTR? Get this book!

This is the fifth book in William King's ongoing epic series (after Trollslayer, Skavenslayer, Daemonslayer and Dragonslayer) about the Dwarf Gotrek who has vowed to find his death in glorious battle in order to pay for past misdeeds, and his human companion Felix who has sworn to accompany him on his quest and record his bravery.This installment finds our heroes trapped in the walled city of Praag which is beseiged by a huge horde of beastmen, Chaos warriors, barbarians, demons and more. If you liked the battle of Helm's Deep or Pelennor Fields in LOTR, you are in for a treat! King does a great job of building up the tension and letting us feel what it's like to live in a city under seige.Several familiar characters from previous books are back, but my most favourite characters in this book were the newly introduced evil twin mages. They are truly worthy adversaries and I hope King will bring us more of them in future installments.On the minus side, a sub-plot involving traitors within the city never really seems to live up to its potential. More surprises and less predictability in this regard would be nice in future. And while I thoroughly enjoyed the entire book, the last chapter seemed quite rushed and the ending rather anticlimactic and jarringly abrupt. I wished the book could have gone on for another 100 pages!But the sudden ending is probably because the story will pick right up again in the next book "Vampireslayer", just as King did between Daemonslayer and Dragonslayer. Can't wait to read this next one too!Overall I'd rate this book as my second favourite of the series so far after Daemonslayer.

Awesome, indeed!

I'm quite a fan for Gotrek & Felix. Still, this book was so fascinating that it beats previous 4 (Troll-, Skaven-, Daemon- and Dragonslayer) easily. I hope that no one's enjoyment in reading this book is not spoiled by following text. If you fear so, please do not proceed. The best thing in this wonderful story is... The dark side and the way it is told to reader. Especially twin mages must be mentioned. Their fate is hard to guess beforewards. Not all the bad guys have to die everytime. I hope that some day in future I can read about this chaotic pair again. Often the evil ones in books/movies get my sympathies, but this duo succeeded so well that I held my fingers up for them all the time. Their leader was less interesting character. That kind of maniac has been seen so many times before. Kellmain and Lhoigor... They are the salt and the pepper. Gore and battles are scarce in this book. Tension is built by investigating Praag and it's possible traitors. The main duo solves hard situations as before and sun almost shines at the end. Without meticulous descriptions about Arek's forces this fantastic book would be only very good.

CHAOS MINIONS TRY AND TAKE OVER THE WORlD!

I really enjoyed the book The Beast Slayer. It had everthing that I loved, war, magic, and love. There are two main characters of this book Felix Jaeger and the slayer, which is a really strong dwarf. Felix and the slayer first meet each other after they fought the dragon Skjilander. One of my favorite scenes in this book is when the Chaos army attacks the kislev army. The chaos army wishes to make the hole world belive in these creatures half undead and half demon called daemons. This is deffinatlt one of the greatest tasks for young Felix and the strong slayer. They Chaos army is very strong and use dark magic to slay there foes, the slayer and Felix have to use hand to hand combat and magic to totally wipe out the Choas army. All around this book is packed with action and adventure.