warchief reviews

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In this follow-up to her New York Times bestseller, The Shattering, Christie Golden delivers a sensational tie-in to the newest World of Warcraft game expansion, now in paperback!

When Azeroth was young, the noble titans appointed the five great dragonflights to safeguard the budding world. Each of the flights’ leaders was imbued with a portion of the titans' vast cosmic powers. Together, these majestic Dragon Aspects committed themselves to thwarting any force that threatened the safety of Azeroth.

More than 10,000 years ago, a betrayal by the maddened black Dragon Aspect, Deathwing, shattered the strength and unity of the dragonflights. His most recent assault on Azeroth—the Cataclysm—has left the world in turmoil. At the Maelstrom, the center of Azeroth's instability, former Horde warchief Thrall and other accomplished shaman struggle to keep the world from tearing apart in the wake of Deathwing's attack. Yet a battle also rages within Thrall regarding his new life in the shamanic Earthen Ring, hampering his normally unparalleled abilities.

Of even greater concern is a bleak and terrifying possible future glimpsed by the mysterious green Dragon Aspect, Ysera: the Hour of Twilight. Before this apocalyptic vision comes to pass, Thrall must purge his own doubts in order to discover his purpose in the world and aid Azeroth's dragonflights as they face the Twilight of the Aspects.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Books; Reprint edition (February 28, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 143919663X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1439196632
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.2 x 4.1 x 6.6 inches
Reviewer: B. Espanol
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best World of Warcraft Book yet.
Review: WoW!Spoiler freeSeriously, wow. Best World of Warcraft book I have read yet. Even bests the WoW book Arthas. Christie Golden's Writing is so good here I was just left speechless. She manages to take the Cataclysm expansion of the WoW MMO and make such a well thought out, provoking, character driven immersive story that I immediately reread it after finishing it the first time though.Let me say I hate the Cataclysm expansion. I hate it. It drove me away from wow. It destroyed my guild. Half of whom quit. The story seems nonsensical, the world and lore in my opinion really did have a cataclysm. And I wanted nothing to do with it any more. But I have read several of Mrs. Goldman's books and have always loved her work and so I gave this a try. It seriously made me want to give Cataclysm and the World of Warcraft another try. It's just that damned good.It just brings everything together. It takes a very famous character (Thrall) and adds new layers of depth to him. She introduces new characters so well that I immediately care about what happens to them. No death in this book feels empty. She created and epic quest. A journey. And she nails it spot on.The only complaint I have with the book is the final big bad Character reveal. It just felt rushed and shoe horned in. You really have no idea who is character is or why the heck they are doing this. BUT! But, that doesn't detract from the story in a major way. I only wish there was an extra chapter or two to flesh this plot point out. Honestly though, she has created such an epic tale here that I feel that any and every World of Warcraft player should read this.Blizzard should mail copies of this book and her last Cataclysm based book "The Shattering" (buy it and read it before this if you haven't already) to every subscriber who has bought the newest expansion of the game. She redeems the lore of the expansion. She redeems the lore of the World of Warcraft.Buy this book if you're a fan of WoW. Buy her books if you're a fan of great story telling.Please buy this book.

Reviewer: Amy M Smith
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great novel for wow fans
Review: Excellent novel. Christie Golden does a great job moving the storyline along.

Reviewer: Ginny Buhler
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun Read, but Short
Review: As Metzen said in a comment to another review, this obviously happens prior to patch 4.2. There is some parallel with the journey Thrall goes through in the 4.2 questline (in fact, it's kind of hard to see how he would have to deal with his issues yet again after the events of the book), but there are always going to be issues translating between the formats of book and game. That would also be why the character mentioned dead is still in the game in some places. You'll also notice you can go to Nagrand to Sholazar Basin to Sethria's Roost and see Hemit Nesingwary in all three places within minutes. Just because a character occurs in a previous part of the game doesn't mean the story hasn't advanced and things are different for them in the current storyline.Issues of games versus books aside, this was a pretty fun read. If you're reading it, you're most likely a Warcraft fan who wants to continue to follow the story of the various characters, and Thrall is one of the most beloved characters in the Warcraft universe. The book delivers on that promise. More backstory is filled in and it certainly made me look at some in-game events in a different light. That said, it's extremely short. I finished over 90% of it during one single milling session. I'm a pretty fast reader, but even so, a book that takes me only two or three hours to read is definitely low on the value for my money scale. The Warcraft books need to be longer or the Kindle prices much, much lower. A physical paperback costs less than the ebook versions of a lot of these!

Reviewer: J. Cain
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Looking forward to the next one!
Review: This story is about Thrall, the once great Warchief of the Horde. He is now a Shaman trying to assist the Earthen Ring in healing Azeroth from the destruction Deathwing has wrought upon it. But Thrall is struggling and is unable to perform his duties the way he needs to. Ysera approaches Thrall and asks him to complete some tasks for her that are important to the well being of the Dragonflights. As Thrall completes the task, they lead him on to others, and he soon finds himself traveling through time to find Nozdormu and prevent an opponent from an alternate timeline from rearranging history.Thrall witnesses the creation of the next Blue Aspect, and then assists the four dragonflights (red, green, blue, and bronze) in defeating a chromatic creation of Nefarian's. Through all of this, Thrall learns more about his own inhibitions and how to overcome them. Through assisting the Dragonflights, he has learned how to better help the Shamans of the Earthen Ring heal Azeroth.This novel was beautifully written. The prose was fluid and each sentence added to the story instead of becoming filler to make it longer. Blizzard chose great authors to illustrate the world we play in on a daily basis. I was thrilled to read in this book that Thrall could never be an Aspect, a rumor that was going around for months leading up to Cataclysm about the next Black Aspect being Thrall. I also learned that a lot of people who were drawing conclusions from this novel weren't reading it very clearly. For example, someone on MMO Champion forums said there was a dragon legend wherein the Titans created the moon, making Elune a false deity (which could then shatter the Night Elven way of life), and they drew this conclusion from this book. There is nothing in this novel that supports that. The legend is the two moons were in perfect alignment when the Aspects were created by the Titans and it is speculated by the dragons the only time another Aspect can be brought forth is when the moons are in alignment again, which is when the next Blue Aspect is chosen.If you buy this book, even if you're not a Warcraft player, I'm sure you're going to love it!

Reviewer: ShadowMurloc
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: One of my all time favourite books. If you like world of Warcraft or fantasy in general pick this up you’ll enjoy it

Reviewer: Cliente Kindle
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Luta contra o Cromatus e algumas aparições do Deathwing. Aparição dos dois novos Aspects blue e black. Acontecimento com Krasus

Reviewer: Prashant Bajpai
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: One of the better WOW books I have read.

Reviewer: Brett Skeen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Before I get into my brief review - I've read pretty much most of the books and was a WoW player from Vanilla up until MoP. WoW lore is something I very much enjoy and feel Christie Golden is the best of the authors we have experienced so far. Richard Knaak has some good titles as well (also some misses!) and I think Aaron Rosenberg did well on Tides of Darkness.But back to this book. Thrall being one of the key characters in WoW lore, Golden got this one absolutely spot on with some appearances from other key and secondary characters. The plot is definitely something that will keep the reader wanting to find out more to see this book through to conclusion. The timeline is set around Cataclysm and really delves deep into the character that is Thrall since dropping the mantle of Warchief.Without giving away any spoilers, I also find, personally, enjoy any part of WoW that utilises the Caverns of Time. This is a MUST read for WoW fans and fantasy book readers alike. Definitely top 2 or 3 in all books thus far in my view.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great read for any WoW lover!