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Lord of the Clans (WarCraft #2)
In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, the world of Azeroth teemed with wondrous creatures of every kind. Mysterious Elves and hardy Dwarves walked among tribes of Man in relative peace and harmony -- until the arrival of the demonic army known as the Burning Legion shattered the world's tranquility forever. Now Orcs, Dragons, Goblins, and Trolls all vie for supremacy over...more
Mass Market Paperback, 278 pages
Published
October 2nd 2001
by Star Trek
(first published 2000)
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So far, I love this book. Golden depicts her villains well, though at times their evil is rather ham fisted. Blackmoore as a drunken moron plotting to use Thrall to propel his political career is appropriately dispicable. I feel like Golden is attempting to give him complexity through the alcoholism, but it mostly falters as Blackmoor is either evil or pathetic. Usually both.
I do love her portrayal of Thrall and Taretha, though I wish we could SEE more of Taretha's intellect and sarcas...more
I do love her portrayal of Thrall and Taretha, though I wish we could SEE more of Taretha's intellect and sarcas...more
3 stars? that's right, it was highly entertaining. If I never played any warcraft games I would probably think it sucked, but I enjoyed the name dropping and being familiar with the world.
So now I've read Christie Golden books in a couple different shared universes. Her Star Trek books were okay at best. Her Star Wars were complete garbage, but this was her best. I think this may be attributed to the fact that the story solely followed Thrall, so she didn't have to do much in the way...more
So now I've read Christie Golden books in a couple different shared universes. Her Star Trek books were okay at best. Her Star Wars were complete garbage, but this was her best. I think this may be attributed to the fact that the story solely followed Thrall, so she didn't have to do much in the way...more
This book was very complicated in ways of it being confusing and the reason is is that Thrall (The main character who is an orc slave) is enslaved by Blackmoore and sent to a camp where you are trained to be a gladiator except that he is forced to do multiple tasks that are life threatening. He fights ogres, wolves, other orcs and many more creatures until he meets a beautiful human girl who falls in love with him and they try to escape blackmoore and they get help from the frostwolf clan and ma...more
This is Christie Golden's sequel of sorts to her novel "Rise of the Horde". this one chronicles the early years and coming of age of Thrall, the might Warchief and Shaman, of the Horde.
The writing was well enough for a genre expanded universe novel. My only complaint was perhaps the overly repetitive nature of certain character traits of the central three characters. I'm sure it was meant as a way to be certain that we understood pivotal character traits, but by the third ac...more
The writing was well enough for a genre expanded universe novel. My only complaint was perhaps the overly repetitive nature of certain character traits of the central three characters. I'm sure it was meant as a way to be certain that we understood pivotal character traits, but by the third ac...more
Gemma Thomson
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Recommends it for:
Fans of the "Warcraft" series - particularly Horde players.
Shelves:
games-fiction,
fantasy
This was an alright book, and a pretty good follow-on from Golden's Rise of the Horde. It felt a little rough though, and while none of the series would be universally appealing, dealing as they do with computer game lore, Lord of the Clans felt like the least acessible so far.
As I understand it, Rise of the Horde chronicles events up to the point of the first Warcraft game. Lord of the Clans describes what followed the Fel Horde's defeat, with Aedelas Blackmoore and Thrall as its chie...more
As I understand it, Rise of the Horde chronicles events up to the point of the first Warcraft game. Lord of the Clans describes what followed the Fel Horde's defeat, with Aedelas Blackmoore and Thrall as its chie...more
This book had a nice progression, I liked the expansion of Thrall's character, although I don't know how much I would have been invested if I wasn't a Horde WoW player. I thought the characterization was a little lacking, I wasn't too attached to anyone in particular, although the ending was fairly jarring and intense. I actually liked Day of the Dragon more, and that was from an Alliance perspective... I was just more attached to the characters and I'm a sucker for dragons >_>
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This story is not only emotional, it's fast moving. Exciting adventurous and well written. This is a wonderful story about how the most powerful and wisest ruler of the Horde came to power. This story is so good, you can travel to these exact locations in the book inside a dungeon in the MMO. Yeah, it has a dungeon focused on portion of this story. That's how pivotal it is to the entire world of Azeroth.
So far very pleasantly surprised about this series of books. This one perhaps more than the last one I read, Day of the Dragon. It is able to be more of a standalone book, then really required reading after you've played some of the game.
To tell you how good this is, makes me almost want to try out an orc character, but I've been Alliance too long maybe to test that out.
To tell you how good this is, makes me almost want to try out an orc character, but I've been Alliance too long maybe to test that out.
For start, yes, I am fan of Warcraft world. Still I do not think this book is a masterpiece like some of my friends. Story is nice, but I found characters, except Thrall, to be kind of stiff.
Christie Golden isn't Richard A. Knaak, whose stories from Warcraft universe I really enjoy, but she managed to write decent book.
Christie Golden isn't Richard A. Knaak, whose stories from Warcraft universe I really enjoy, but she managed to write decent book.
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I recommend this book to anyone that likes fantsay. This is baout a othe end of the 2nd war between the humans and the horde. A human have find a baby orc and has train him to be a warrioir, a gladiator, and a slave. However Thrall the orc escape from the humans and has reclaim his rightful place the horde as their warchief.
This book was amazing!!! The story was awesome following Thrall and his rise to be Warchief of the horde. This book gave me laughs and tears and as playing Alliance made me feel sorry for the way humans treated the orcs. Brilliant read highly recommend it for anyone into warcraft lore.
I enjoyed this as a venue through which I could better acquaint myself with Azeroth's lore (specifically that lore in volving Thrall, obviously), but it doesn't stand up as much of a book otherwise. The plot has potential and I didn't put the book down halfway through, I grant them that, but the writing reeks of generic fantasy and ends up being a more satisfying read if you go into it with a sense of humor.
I've been reading novelizations and spin-offs of my favourite franchises for...more
I've been reading novelizations and spin-offs of my favourite franchises for...more
I play the online game so it was sort of interesting to learn more about one of the characters in it. This even prompted me to go to the instance that follows Thrall's escape from Durnhold. Looking forward to reading more in the series.
This book is about the life of the great Horde Warchief Thrall. What his parents went through, how he was raised by the humans and what he went through to get to where he is now. Great Book.
Really well-written insight into Thrall's past, psyche, and what drives his need for leadership. Well-rounded characters all around and a villain in a lovely gray area.
My favorite Warcraft book. Golden does a brilliant job of describing the birth of the Horde, and making the Orcs... uh, human? Well, realistic and believable.
I will have much more success with my clan raids now thanks to this book.
It helps me decide what armour is best for certain situations.
It helps me decide what armour is best for certain situations.
It was fun to hear the background story for Thrall, but it felt like it lacked the epicness that it should have had in my opinion.
Amazing story of Thrall and his early years. Makes me respect the leader of the Horde that much more! (He still is leader in my eyes!) For the Horde!
About average for the World of Warcraft lore novels. Felt like the author was in a hurry to finish writing it.
Awesome read. Had me rooting for Thrall all the way through, though not a masterpiece of literature by any means.
This book was one of my favorites of the warcraft series. I loved it so much that i finished it in 4 days!
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I love the character of Thrall. If you want to learn more about him, then this book is the place to start.
This book was awesome. I have a much deeper respect for Thrall after reading this book.
The author does a great job of pulling you in and lets you feel what Thrall goes through growing up. One of those ones that you can't put down towards the end.
Çok kötü kitap be, öyle böyle kötü değil. Ejderhanın Günü'nün yanına yaklaşamayacak bir kitap. Nası aynı seride bunlar? sorusunu pek çok kez kendime sordum. O derece kötü. 3 gün kötülesem doymam.
I liked this book a lot more than I liked Arthas. I like Golden's style in that she does a good job of mixing narrative flow with inner life.
I liked this book. It started out a little slow, but after I got into it I couldn't wait to finish, especially toward the end. I will say that the end of the book really ticked me off but it was an event that helped to shape the main character, so it was necessary, I suppose. Overall, it was a good read. I love fantasy novels.
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