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Night of the Dragon (World of WarCraft #5)
by
Richard A. Knaak (Goodreads Author)
Grim Batol: its dark legacy stretches back into the mists of Azeroth's past. But most know it as the site of a terrible tragedy -- where the vile orcs corrupted the hatchlings of the noble Dragonqueen, Alexstrasza, and used them as weapons of war. Though a band of heroes, led by the enigmatic mage, Krasus, defeated the orcs and freed the captive dragons, the cursed mountai...more
ebook, 336 pages
Published
November 18th 2008
by Pocket Books
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I went into this book prepared to be disappointed. Most books written as tie-ins to popular culture (ie, movies, games, skits, etc) are poorly conceptualized, badly written, and an obvious attempt to simplly wrest more money from die-hard fans. However, this book was oth a pleasant & unexpected exception to that rule.
The story itself is pretty straight forward: stop the bad guy. A group of diverse individuals are drawn toward Grim Batol, a place of terrible evil, to stop an even greater evi...more
The story itself is pretty straight forward: stop the bad guy. A group of diverse individuals are drawn toward Grim Batol, a place of terrible evil, to stop an even greater evi...more
There really wan't anything I enjoyed about this book.
The same problems I had with Knaak's earlier books are prevalent in this one as well. I don't know what his obsession with referring to people by their relationships to others instead of by their name is, but it really bugs me.
Too many characters with similar names causing me to get them confused and others with unpronounceable names to stumble upon.
There was also not much to relate this book back to any previous lore. I had no idea who a num...more
The same problems I had with Knaak's earlier books are prevalent in this one as well. I don't know what his obsession with referring to people by their relationships to others instead of by their name is, but it really bugs me.
Too many characters with similar names causing me to get them confused and others with unpronounceable names to stumble upon.
There was also not much to relate this book back to any previous lore. I had no idea who a num...more
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Since I'm an idiot. I read this without realizing it was part of a series. So several moments were a huge "What?" for me. But upon writing this small opinion of it, it was very well written. And would my stupidity not have been present for this reading, I would think it better.
This is slightly the sequel of his first book Day of the Dragon. It involves the main characters again but puts the more powerful dragon/elf mage on a slightly more vulnerable position against the rise of a new age of young dragons meant for evil purposes.
*Sigh* Knaak again. Well, it appears Knaak learned something between this book and "War of the Ancients". Even though he still focuses much more on story and forgets characters, pacing is much slower and more intriguing. Knaak still has troubles with the style of writing, but overall it was nice to see a change since his first four books.
I liked this book a lot! It isn't as great as Day of the Dragon, but it's still a great novel that explores more of the background of Neltharion (who I still think is a good guy deep down).
Just to clarify all my World of Warcraft and Warcraft book reviews. If you played the games, the stars are correct. If you didn't, subtract 2 stars from all of my reviews.
Richard Knaak isn't exactly one of the best writers, and at times it was almost painful to read. There is a pretty good story hidden in this book though.
The follow up to Day of the Dragon. Enjoyed the story and the only thing I wish is that more of the spells in the books were in-game. :)
I was pretty dissappointed in this entry of Warcraft Lore. While reading this, I got the feeling as if I was watching a 1 hour cartoon special if that makes much sense. It felt like there was no character depth or development and the author was writing to simply put out a story for the sake of doing so. I probably should have given it 2 stars, but I am a fan of the series so I was hard pressed to do so. Read it if you are a fan or the lore, but if you choose not to, you really wont be missing an...more
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Great for Warcraft fans and lore junkies.
This book wasn't bad, but it wasn't great.
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Richard A. Knaak is the bestselling author of Dragonlance novels, Dragonrealm (his own creation), six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, and six works in the Warcraft universe. He has also written five non-series fantasy books.
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