By: Nathan Long Publisher: Games Workshop Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Games Workshop Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 416 Publication Date: September 30, 2008
Product Description: Dwarf Trollslayer Gotrek and his human companion Felix Jaeger, Warhammer’s most famous pair of heroes, head off to a new adventure facing the terrifying dark elves in the latest novel of this best-selling fantasy series.
on the rise!! I would have to say one of the better Gotrek and Felix book i have read. I was very scared when Nathan Long took over the series, and after reading orcslayer i wanted to cry, but i think this book has changed that around, this book leads the duo on a brand new adventure that is action packed with a complex story and interesting supporting characters, you may even recognize a few. over all, worth a read!!!
Wow...this was bad Am I crazy? The other two reviewers thought that Elfslayer was really good. I thought it was really bad. Long had a great premise (elfslayer = the slaying of elves) but he just didn't deliver. Since Long took over the Gotrek and Felix series, the books have been slowly getting worse. The long, drawn-out storylines, the static villains (for the love of Grimnir, how much longer will wee have to read about Thanquol?) and the boring quests (not to mention the book just decided to end with no clear conclusion!)make this a read for only die-hard G and F fans. Honestly, I thought that Elfslayer would be the final book. It's not that I don't like reading about the Old World's most famous duo, I just don't like the direction that Long is taking with my favourite characters. Orcslayer was really good, Manslayer was good but not great, and Elfslayer was...wrong. You honestly could have put any dwarf/human companions in the story and it would have still worked. And why didn't Max like Felix with Claudia? Was it because of Ulrika? This book mashed plotlines together and created questions that weren't really answered. If Long writes more than two more Gotrek and Felix novels, I will take the Slayer's Oath MYSELF!
Gortrek and Felix # 10 Felix Jaeger has been the companion of Slayer Gotrek Gurnisson for most of his adult life. During that time Felix has battled alongside the dwarf to defeat trolls, dragons, skaven, daemons, orcs, and so much more. Gotrek was never more happy than while in battle, hoping for the glorious death in which Felix has promised to write up and publish for all to know. The pair had traveled a great distance to battle evil, only to learn that they were too late. Since then, Gotrek seems to have done what Felix thought was not possible. Gotrek has given up. All the dwarf did now was drink horrid-flavored, weak beer and mope.
The pair travels to Marienburg to fulfill the death wish of Felix's father. Felix is to retrieve a letter from Hans Euler, a blackmailer. While doing so, the pair runs into their old companion, the wizard Max Schreiber. Max and a beautiful seeress, Claudia Pallenberger, have been sent to investigate evil portents off the north coast of the Empire. Gotrek agrees to join them even though it meant sharing a ship with a high born elf and his men. This begins the duo's most dangerous adventure to date. In the Sea of Claws they must battle dark elves, skaven, and an ancient weapon that the druchii will use to cause earthquakes, tidal waves, raise valleys and lower mountains into the sea bed, utterly destroying their elvish cousins in Ulthuan and all humans.
***** Author Nathan Long has done a terrific job since he took over the series a few books back. The only difference I have really noticed is that Felix has become way too nice. Here is a book you CAN judge by its cover. The story is as wild and adventurous as the book's cover suggests. Dark elves, sea dragons, black magic...the works! Highly recommended reading! *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
A Very Good Slayer Epic This was the best Slayer story that I have read from Nathan Long. It had almost everything that a fan like me craves. Action, sex, demons, battles, and capable foes. I liked the fact that Mr. Long showed a little more restrained, thinking Gotrek. I also liked that he slightly changed his formula for the ending of this book. Unlike his previous books, Gotrek wasn't this "I am so tired I can barely fight" dwarf. One criticism I had was in the choice of the nemesis. How many times must Gotrek and Felix face this same foe? Last, but not least, why aren't any black people in these books. Even the dark elves have white skin. Can't I get a little diversity please?
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