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| Original Title: | Death Dealer #01: Prisoner of the Horned Helmet (Death Dealer) |
| ISBN: | 0812538234 (ISBN13: 9780812538236) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer #1, Posel Smrti #1 |
James Silke
Mass Market | Pages: 314 pages Rating: 3.91 | 601 Users | 44 Reviews
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| Title | : | Prisoner of the Horned Helmet (Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer #1) |
| Author | : | James Silke |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 314 pages |
| Published | : | February 1988 by Tor Books (first published January 1st 1988) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Heroic Fantasy. Sword and Sorcery |
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*taken from the back coverIn an age before Atlantis rose, an age rife with sorcery and violence, the earth trembled beneath the all-conquering hooves of the Kitzaak Horde, and only one man, Gath of Baal, dares to confront the Kitzaak lances to stand between the never-defeated armies and the lush valley that will, long millenia in the future, be known as the Mediterranean Sea. To save the peaceful People of the Forest, Gath must dice with the gods, and the price he must pay is to become death made flesh, the Prisoner of the Horned Helmet.
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Ratings: 3.91 From 601 Users | 44 ReviewsPiece Epithetical Books Prisoner of the Horned Helmet (Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer #1)
The Death Dealer books are based on the famous fantasy painting, of the same name, by Frank Frazetta and written by Jim Silke who is also a fantastic artist. There have also been comic books created based on the Death Dealer. The 4 issue series written by Glenn Danzig and illustrated by Simon Bisley (issue 1), Liam Sharp (issues 2 and 3), and by Arthur Suydam (issue 4) has covers by Frank Frazetta himself. ALL of these are extremely good and a must have for fantasy lovers.My older brothers bought the Death Dealer books as they were coming out, so I was familiar with the character from an early age. It was not until I was in my early teens that I read them for myself, and I read through the quartet again while living on my own in Arizona (sometime in early 2003). I have been in need of some good fantasy, so I dusted off the Death Dealer and read the first book again. Though I enjoyed the books a great deal in my youth, I was surprised at how poorly they were
I didn't finish this book. Really, I couldn't finish it. I traditionally give a book 50 pages. I've read lots of books I don't like. Books I even have a visceral detest towards. I could not get past about page 30. I do not see the appeal of this book.
It is what it is. An action book about a Barbarian who is cooler than Conan in my opinion. I read this book a long time ago when I was about 12. It was one of the first Fantasy books I've read and it got me started into reading more.
Enter a realm of myths, barbarians and magic.Simply put, if you like the Conan stories.You most likely will enjoy this.Gath is a large warrior living in seclusion.When enemy invaders, begin targeting his woodlands.Add some magic, gods, goddesses, along with a cursed helmet.Sorcery and savagery.With a nice amount of detail to settings and good story flow.Not bad for an opening book, in a series.Added bonus.The Frank Frazetta artwork on the covers.
Frazetta is a wonderful artist; unfortunately, he writes as he paints ... with an unimaginable level of detail. In art, this makes for beauty. In writing, this makes for purple prose that goes nowhere and goes very, very, very slowly. This is one of two books that I am simply unable to finish; reading it is just painful.
Awesome Dark Sword & Sorcery! Robert E.Howard would be proud!
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