thanquols antics are the best

There is something inherently interesting in reading a story from the bad guys perspective. Especially if the bad guys in question are the Skaven. An entire race of chronic back stabbers where every single one thinks he's the gods gift to the world. If you then pick out the most powerful sorcerer/priest of the bunch, gives him a pet monster and follows his tale (tail?) you're in for a hilarious adventure! You really can't help to root for Thanquol and his (mis)adventures!

Rats! Obviously this isn't exceptional literature but it's a fun Warhammer story that follows an interesting Grey Seer.

This wasn't the best book that I have read. It's based in the Warhmmaer world, that's all right but I thnik anyone not intrested in that will propably get bored with this book. All characters (and there's a whole bunch of them) meet and fight, than they split, fight again, and again!!! I had this feeling that this was as predictable as a Bollywood movie! Alltogether, It's not bad but it didn't suck me in. A good read just for Warhammer fans.

My trip through Grey Seer was much like pushing a rock over a hill, starting gruelingly slow, then sharply picking up speed once I crested the apex. All the bits with Thanquol are a treat, with his cunningly doomed attempts to either gain favor and/or usurp his betters while staving off his own underlings making for some great dark humor. The initial human focused parts of the tale were somewhat lacking though, with it taking what felt far to long for the smugglers to conclude that the magical m...

If you are a Warhammer fan, I'd say this rate 4 stars.C.J. Warner reveals the secretive, incredible, frightening, and hopeless empire of the Skaven. For someone starting out as a player or reader of the Warhammer world, this is probably not where you want to start. There are many references the author does not explain that would be lost on a beginner. However, I think a fantasy fan would enjoy the novel without a prior education in Warhammer.If you do love Warhammer, this is a great book.

I really wanted to love this book, but I just couldn't really get into the characterisation and expositional style the author used. My Warhammer knowledge is a little patchy now, so I can't recall how many of the characters already existed within the Warhammer canon, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was only Thanquol, as only the grey seer was really developed enough to have his own voice and style. Everyone else was just caricatures or interchangeable with each other.

I love Warhammer Fantasy. The Skaven are great villains. And C.L. Werner is a talented writer. Suffice it say, I loved this: a deeper look into the demented (and often darkly humorous) world of the underfolk. My first experience with Werner's fiction was his *Mathias Thulmann: Witch Hunter* novels, which were excellent: Gothic, atmospheric, and visceral. After those I read his *Black Plague* novels, which are set in the pre-history of the Warhammer Fantasy setting. Those were great too, truly ep...

AwesomeA true war hammer book. A great read that really shows the Skaven culture. I am looking forwards to reading the others!

More a decent 3-3,5 read, but Skaven were a fan favourite of mine and my players friends when I used to gamemaster Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, so nostalgia factor rised for good final vote.And that reference to Little Tilea neighborhood in Altdorf... why I never thought using that in my scenarios/adventures?An entertaining read if you are a diehard fan of Games Workshop old fantasy setting, far better than the current one, and a must read if you've enjoyed Thanquol as a villain in the Gotrek & F...

Une excellente surprise que ce roman Warhammer. Je n'en attendais pas grand chose, au pire une histoire mettant en scène mes petites bestioles préférées, les skavens.J'en ai eu, du skaven, mais pas que. L'intrigue croisée avec les humains et l'énigmatique Jeremias Scrivner est très rythmée, et apporte tout son cachet à l'histoire.Après, le suspense concerne surtout le "comment cela va-t-il terminer ?", et pas forcément le destin des personnages. Des personnages si emblématiques s'en sortent touj...

I start reading this book last year in July when I received it as pre-order (as I always do with all black library books). Being a C L Werner title I had to read it immediately as I did with his previous novels (Palace of a Plague Lord and Blood for the Blood God) but this novel had something even bigger. It was a Thanquol novel. Having read the Slayer novels by William King and considered that the main arch-rival of Gotrek and Felix (which was the one of the best portrayed characters on all war...

I'm at war with myself on this one... I am an enthusiastic Thanquol fan and found his part of the story interesting and entertaining, and I enjoyed the plot of the text as a whole. However, I also found that there were too many proverbial irons in the proverbial fire, and ended up reading a great deal about people for whom I never cared. Werner's constant exposition became slightly tiresome as well, and the framing of the story from different perspectives forced the narrative to sometimes review...

Grey Seer is an "OK" romp through the darkness underneath the Old World. There seemed to be a bit of filler polluting the book as the story constantly bounced between several groups of characters of wildly variant importance; some offer little-to-nothing and you're left scratching your head why you bothered. My biggest gripe was the token paranoia of Thanquol and other members of the Skaven race was dribbled on about far, far too much, but at least this was consistent. The battle at the end was

Werner is one of the best Warhammer Fantasy authors in my opinion. This is a fun Skaven centric story. Your mileage may vary if you are asking "what the heck is a Skaven"

Ahh Thanquol, Thanquol, Thanquol. Probably one of if not my most favourite Warhammer character. He is the Skaven in a nut shell. He blames all his faults on his underlings and those he can't outright blame he accuses of treachery and scheming behind his back to take all his hard working glory. I read the 3rd book in this story many years back and I don't know why its taken me this long to read the first one, it was awesome. The Good Stuff- Its kind of a typical Warhammer story, evil Skaven tryin...

The mighty sorcerer Thanquol is alive, and any imbecile can see that is clearly a victory in and of itself! But the Council of Thirteen did not agree. The Skaven rulers expected Thanquol to capture a certain Dawi airship, and they were not amused by his failure. But Thanquol will show them who the real genius is. Thanquol will show them all!This is one of the 6 books on the USB key in the collector's edition of Total War: Warhammer 2. The titular character was previously a villain defeated over

One name lord Skrolk. He is skaven with unique talents and very good adversary to anybody who dares. Thanquol has lot of problems and lot of enemies on his back and he showed that he was worse to his own then to enemies of skavendom. The warped warp stone which brought doom to anybody, who touched it was in play and frankly said it was the secondary goal for the grey seer who sought only the power over his furry nation. Yes,yes.

Grey Seer by C.L. Werner is a dark, mysterious book about one of the Skaven's (a.k.a rat men) most devious leaders: Grey Seer Thanquol. The Skaven race was built on the deeds of cutthroats and backstabbers. Every Skaven holds a grudge against all of their peers and would sell out any of their friends to save their own skin. Those who hold power in the Skaven heirarchy usually do not do so for long as others have their ways of "leveling the playing field". It takes an especially clever and cunnin...

GREY SEER is a decent romp in the Warhammer setting. I think Werner does an excellent job of presenting Skaven personalities in a believable way. He does an fine job of depicting the intrigues of the "rat" society. As a Skaven player of the table top game, Warhammer, it was fun to see characters that I have used in my games and read about come to life in the pages of GREY SEER. However, this is generic fantasy at best and reads like 100's of other novels I have enjoyed. I certainly did enjoy it,...