"After fleeing the Imperial authorities in the city of Altdorf, poet Felix Jaeger finds he has sworn a drunken oath to dour dwarf Gotrek Gurnisson to witness his death and write an epic poem. In the cold light of day, Felix learns that Gotrek is a Slayer--a dwarf doomed to seek an honorable death in battle to atone for a personal disgrace. With the dwarf seeking out the biggest and fiercest monsters at every opportunity, Felix must simply survive...

Genetics, the most rapidly advancing of the life sciences, has stimulated more diverse disciples in the natural and social sciences than any other field.