One of three titles Black Library is re-releasing under its new Classics range, William King’s Trollslayer recounts the efforts of disgraced slayer Gotrek Gurnisson to find an honourable death. Thanks to a drunken oath, poet Felix Jaeger is forced to follow and record his fate as they combat orcs, trolls and the cultists of the dark gods. Unfortunately for both of them, Gotrek is extremely hard to kill.
King went on to write another six books, but this first instalment remains one of the strongest in the series. Along with striking a good balance between the darkness of the setting and high adventure, it’s one of the few which feels as if the duo are constantly on the move.
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