Dwarf King Throndin Stoneheart of Zhufbar is dead; betrayed upon the field of battle. as his son barundin takes up the mantle of King, he must fulfil a mighty oath of vengeance. In an epic tale that spans centuries, Grudge Bearer follows Barundin as he battles his way through enemies on a desperate quest to avenge the wrongs against his father and save his people from a terrible war against the dark forces of Chaos.
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Gav Thorpe works for the internationally renowned hobby company Games Workshop as part of the Games Development team, a prolific Black Library author, he has written Angels of Darkness, 13th Legion and the fantasy trilogy Slaves to Darkness.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent little book about decent little Dwarves that swing a mean axe!,
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Among Fantasy books, I prefer ones that have non-humans as the main characters. That's why I was overjoyed to find this book that focuses in particular on the Dwarves. They had always been my favourite part of "The Hobbit", and I always felt that Gimli wasn't given enough attention and was kind of relegated to just a supporting character in LOTR (especially in the movies). After devouring everything published so far in William King's Warhammer epic Gotrek & Felix "Slayer" series, I was left hungering for more of the Stunties.
Although we were given just a brief glimpse of a Dwarf Hold in William King's "Dragonslayer", this book takes us right inside the daily life of one such underground city stronghold of the Dwarves. In particular it focuses on the aspect of Dwarven (Dwarvish?) culture that deals with grudges, and their great relish in carrying them on for generations if need be in order to finally settle perceived wrongs against them. There are epic battles aplenty in this book, with the Dwarves facing off against Orcs, Skaven, massive Chaos hordes and even....each other? But one part that had me questioning was that the Dwarves are depicted as very bloodthirsty when in the course of carrying out a grudge, so much so that they would even be willing to massacre innocent women and children. I wonder....? Still, on the whole I would say that I enjoyed it and it's a pretty good book, and would rate it overall a 4.5 -- Well worth checking out while you're waiting for William King to get busy and give us more Gotrek.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Ancestors, grudges and beer,
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Grudge Bearer is an awesome read for those interested in Warhammer Dwarf mentality, society, culture and mores. The book centers on King Barundin as the main character but spans many centuries where we witness the creation and settling of major grudges both immediate and inherited. We have a quick glimpse of events before the War of the Beard in the beggining and have a short insight on race relations from the point of view of a dwarf. We are also shown how ancestors, grudges and beer are such inescapable parts of dwarf culture. I give it 4-stars cuz the grudges settled in every chapter got a bit repetitive. Granted this is a book focusing on dwarf culture but it could have been so much more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
awsome book,
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this book is awsome. it makes you feel like you are part of the dwarf kingdom. the action flows with the non action part and makes this book hard to put down.
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