Gotrek and Felix: The First Omnibus (Warhammer Chronicles)

One is on a quest to die, the other is on a quest to help. Story: This omnibus contains 13 short stories ranging from 20-60 pages and a full length novel at the end. This Omnibus chronicles the adventures of a pair of warriors as they battle their way through the Warhammer Universe. The stories are in chronological order and the characters gain new gear, experiences, and scars as they battle their way across the World of Warhammer. Gotrek has committed a crime against his people and has been sentenced to die in glorious battle against overwhelming odds. Felix is a fencer and a scholar who accompanies Gotrek and wants to write an epic saga of his death. Together, they rush headlong into danger as they make enemies and allies in a world at war. World: All of the stories take place in the Warhammer Universe. The world is a blend between Lord of the Rings and Germany when it was under the rule of the Holy Roman Empire. It's Gritty High Fantasy in a state of perpetual war and turmoil. This book focuses on the Hearty Dwarves, Bloodlusted Orcs, Chaos Spawned Beastmen, and Treacherous Skaven. Characters: Despite the fact that Gotrek has committed a serious crime, he is noble and lusts for the battle that will give him a glorious death. Felix owes Gotrek his life and accompanies him on his quest to die. Because Felix has spent so much of his life behind books, the travels across the world are new and exciting to him. The reader experiences Nuln, Kislev, and the Chaos Wastes through the eyes of Felix. In addition to the deadly duo, this omnibus features an array of other heroes and villains. The characters are interesting, funny, entertaining, and you find yourself cheering for them. Writing Style: The writing style is fast paced heroic fantasy. But it's not just swords swinging and axes chopping, there's a great deal of humanity in the characters. Settings are majestic, battles are bloody, characters are memorable, and dialogue is entertaining. It's the complete package. If you're looking for some background material on the Warhammer universe, the descriptions of the cities, dungeons, wastes, ruins, and battlefields are inspirational. Action: As you may have guessed, this book is loaded with cover to cover action. There are massive battles, skirmishes, assassinations, brawls, duels, more battles, deadly magic, beastmen, armies, ratmen, and even more battles. In the battles, it's not just about who won, you actually feel adrenaline rushes as you read them. Limbs fall, heads roll, blood splatters... Daemonslayer does a fantastic job at describing the horrors of war. Feelings of anxiety, dread, relief, victory, and loss are expertly portrayed through the book. Maturity: Teens There are loads of fantasy violence and gore and non-descript sexual situations. (Basically the lights go out and a couple wakes up happy the next morning.) Overall: 9.5 For $10 you get 13 short stories and a full novel. All of the stories are good and the book gets better as it progresses. This is a GREAT read for Warhammer enthusiasts and fans of high adventure. You'll laugh, cringe, cheer, and learn a great deal about the World of Warhammer. If you enjoyed this, definitely pick up Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian Stories or the Savage Sword of Conan Comics. You will probably also like the Drizzt books by R.A. Salvatore. And if you like Epic Heroes, definitely pick up Legend by David Gemmell. If you like Fun and Entertaining fantasy, you should read Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber.

Alright, just finished this awesome collection. This omnibus includes 3 books in this order. 1. TrollSlayer 2. SkavenSlayer 3. DaemonSlayer Trollslayer - Trollslayer is probably the weakest of the 3 books. It's a collection of short stories that introduces the character Felix Jaeger, a human noble by birth, and Gotrek Gurnisson, a disgraced dwarf who seeks redemption through a heroic death. The book doesn't really introduce the characters but just throws them in the wildest of situations and through their responses and actions, you start to understand and learn about them. SkavenSlayer - Skavenslayer continues the adventures of our duo and switches from short stories and focuses on adventures within one city, the city of Nuln. This was the second best in this collection. Overall, good story with good action and some good humor. At this point, I felt I could relate to the characters. DaemonSlayer - The best book of this collection. This book details a Dwarven journey and I've always been a fan of their lore. It had less fighting but I still found it to be the best of the 3. I won't ruin much of the books, but it's a good fantasy read. I should note that I initially thought it would be related to Warhammer 40k, but this series predates it. In the series, the universe is still in swords and axes, while in 40k, they are in tanks and guns (and space for that matter) I've Sci-Fi/Fantasy for a while and this is a welcome collection. I would easily recommend this collection. Price - I paid $10.20 cents on April 1st, 2012. I have a rule that I try to follow which is $1 per 1 hour of entertainment and would conclude that this was a good investment.

Love this omnibus. First two books are collections of short stories that carry our duo through a linear timeline of many squabbles and quests that are entertaining. Last book in the omnibus is Daemonslayer, which is a traditional novel with chapters and a continuous story. I personally like novels instead of short stories. Short stories always seem to rush thru any character development in order to get to the climactic ending. Novels are better at giving the reader a sense of connection to the characters. The last book also gives us a glimpse of Snorri Nosebiter who accompanies our two companions on the final quest of the omnibus. I haven't read any other Gotrek and Felix books or stories but apparently Snorri is a reoccurring character. Overall, this entry is a very fast paced, bloody and at times hilarious read, ie. Gotrek and Snorri have a headbutting contest after too much ale at one point.

This collection of the first three books in the series of Gotrek and Felix covers Trollslayer, Skavenslayer and Daemonslayer. From the very first short-story this book had me hooked and didn't let me go until the very end of the book. I devoured the 763 pages in record time (for me at least, which was under one week). If you love fantasy adventures with great characters that you can identify with, I heartily recomment this book. I found it to be a great value over purchasing the books separately (though this does make it less portable if you enjoy reading while on-the-go). I am not a player of the Warhammer games, so I did not quite know what to expect going into this book. I had originally picked it up to gain some background on the Warhammer universe for a job interview with the Warhammer Online development team. And even though I didn't get the game programming job, I was happy to have found this treasure. The first two books are in a short story format which made me eager to read several in a single sitting. Looking at the table of contents I was leery that the final book, Daemonslayer, was not in the short story format as I had come to enjoy it so much. But the chapters flow so well in Daemonslayer that I didn't want the excitement to end. I'm eagerly looking forward to the second and third omnibi (omnibuses?) of Gotrek and Felix.

I have read a lot of good sword-n-sorcery fantasy yarns and novels. I had read GIANTSLAYER (another William King G&F novel) prior to picking up the omnibus and the tales that started it all. I love fantasy because it takes me to places I have never been and if the characters and storytelling is right, is all THERE, I become one with the characters and setting...and THIS BOOK DOES THAT!. It's not just some hack-n-slash story though there is certainly a good amount of blood and gore, but you get to know Felix (as the bulk of the story is written through his eyes) and you care about him and even his grumpy ole companion Trollslayer, Gotrek. I am not going to give away any of the stories but even mashing the first three books together, there was a consistent flow, the action never slowed, things flowed. I couldn't put the book down. The ending was GREAT and kept me on the edge of my seat not sure of how the pair would come out...if they'd survive at all...even though I knew our heroes weren't going to die due to they have plenty of books beyond. King's writing is superb and I can't wait to read the rest of his G&F tales...and yes, even Nathan Long's contributions as he has taken the helm now. For a ten year old book, you can pick this up fairly cheap and it is well worth whatever money you pay.

This is my second Warhammer Fantasy omnibus and was leaps and bounds better than the Vampire Wars Omnibus. It’s safe to say no characters are more recognizable in the franchise than Gotrek and Felix. It has just the right amount of action, humor, and a smidge of romance that makes a good fantasy book. Definitely get this one to save money and have access to several shorts stories.

What an amazing book! The writing is incredible, the characters are likeable and even the pages smell nice.

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