Daemonslayer (Gotrek & Felix)

by William King

Book Overview

Gotrek, a Dwarf Trollslayer seeking a honorable death, and his human companion Felix, the disinherited son of a wealthy nobleman, search for a lost dwarf kingdom. Original. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841541044
• ISBN13: 9781841541044
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Games Workshop
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Book three.

Karag Dum was one of the greatest Dwarf cities, the mightiest in all the northern lands. It was lost over two centuries ago during the last great incursion of Chaos. There has been no word from Karag Dum, nor has any dwarf been able to reach the place, because the Chaos Wastes advanced and swallowed all the lands between Karag Dum and the Blackblood Pass. All who enter the Chaos Wastes either die or go mad. (Just as Gotrek; he was there once when he was young.) However, old Borek Forkbeard the Scholar has finally figured out a way to cross the Chaos Wastes and sends a messenger to Gotrek in Nuln. Gotrek Gurnisson and Felix Jaeger leave Nuln (which is slowly being rebuilt after the troubles in the last book "Skavenslayer") and travel to the Lonely Tower. En route they meet others headed in the same direction. Slayer Snorri Nosebiter, Varek Varigsson, who is the nephew of old Borek, and Slayer (as well as one of the best dwarf engineers alive) Malakai Makaisson are just a few met by our famous duo. Turns out that Herr Makaisson has invented a new airship, made with the Chaos Wastes in mind. The skaven, including Grey Seer Thanquol, want the new airship as well. But Gotrek's mind is set on the two sacred objects within Karag Dum; the Hammer of Fate and the Runemaster's Axe. As for Felix, he is entrusted with lost secrets of an Elder Race. By the time this is over, Felix may well wish he were not so honored. ***** This is the third book in the adventures of Gotrek and Felix. It is also the best of the three. The time of several stories in one book has come to a close. From here on each book is one huge adventure. As the first of these, the author has done an outstanding job of making sure the book is overflowing in battles, strategies, and educating the readers in a few secrets of the Dwarfen race. The book starts out in battle and ends in battle, giving me, as the reader, little time to stop and catch my breath. (By the way, just in case someone out there is not aware of the fact, books one - three can be purchased together in THE FIRST OMNIBUS.) Readers will get more insight into the Elder Race and meet other characters which will be seen in future novels. Terrific! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

kick-ass

throughly enjoyable reading... i love the way the heroes thrist for death yet never meet it...

A delightful romp

Although this is the third installment in the series (after "Trollslayer" and "Skavenslayer"), this was my first introduction to the dynamic adventuring team of Felix and Gotrek. Felix is a human youth who has pledged himself to follow on and record the daring suicidal quest of his partner Gotrek, a dwarf who has done something so bad in his life that he has sworn himself to become a "slayer" and die in glorious battle against evil in redemption. I bought this book in an airport bookshop because I was going to be taking a long and dull plane ride and wanted some light reading. I ended up enjoying this book so much that I could not put it down and found my flight was over in no time.This book continues plot threads begun in previous installments such as the pesky Skaven who continue to dog their trail. But this one takes the wayward pair into the deepest, darkest perils of that grim and foreboding land stretching out endlessly to the north of the Warhammer world, the Chaos Wastes (I personally like to think of it as the southern edge of Mordor ;) )This book is perfect for those like myself who could never get enough of Tolkien and longed to visit again that world populated by dwarves, elves and dark and evil creatures. If you're looking for "serious" fantasy with deep character development and profound messages you should probably look elsewhere, but if it's entertainment you want, this book delivers. (Don't want to spoil anything, so just let me say that this book had a great climax.) I think that this work succeeds because King has no pretensions and does not try to make it anything more than what it is -- pure, enjoyable entertainment.I'm happy to see that further adventures of this fun pair and their indispensible sidekick, fellow slayer dwarf Snorri Nosebiter (love that name!) are continuing to come out, and I look forward to reading them all.

Second "beast" book in the series :)

Set in the Warhammer Universe, the series features Gotrek and Felix. Gotrek is a dwarf seeking a noble death as a slayer, the price paid by a dwarf who has done something terribly wrong. Felix, a journalist saved by Gotrek, follows the slayer, aiding him, chronicling his way to his noble doom. In this novel, they face a series of adventures full of blood and gore, full of battles and confrontations.

The Beast(best) of the Series

This, unlike the previous two, is a full-out, complete novel. The simple brutality of the action and Gotrek's insane attitude and Felix's polar (worrisome) persona make quite a combo. Felix grows up in this one even more and finally becomes less a sissy and more of the warrior he should be traveling with Gotrek. Gotrek becomes even more incensed, if that's possible, and the final battle with the Bloodthirster is awesome. Flat-out, one of the best scenes I've ever read. King is probably the best action writer of all of today's Fantasy authors. Even Salvatore could take some hints. I never get tired of Gotrek decimating monster after monster. I can't wait for the next one.