Rise of the Horde

Rise of the Horde (World of Warcraft) , #2

mass market paperback, 355 pages

English language

Published Dec. 25, 2006 by Pocket Star Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7434-7138-1
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3 stars (7 reviews)

Though the young Warchief Thrall ended the demon curse that had plagued his people for generations, the orcs still wrestle with the sins of their bloody past. As the rampaging Horde, they waged a number of devastating wars against their perennial enemy -- the Alliance. Yet the rage and bloodlust that drove the orcs to destroy everything in their path nearly consumed them as well.

Long ago, on the idyllic world of Draenor, the noble orc clans lived in relative peace with their enigmatic neighbors, the draenei. But the nefarious agents of the Burning Legion had other plans for both of the unsuspecting races. The demon-lord Kil'jaeden set in motion a dark chain of events that would succeed not only in eradicating the draenei, but forging the orc clans into an single, unstoppable juggernaut of hatred and destruction.

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reviewed Rise of the Horde by Christie Golden (World of Warcraft, #2)

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4 stars

After getting through the War of the Ancients trilogy, Christie Golden's backstory novel for the orcs on Draenor is refreshing. Yes. The villains are cartoonishly over the top. Good and evil are uncomplicated in this one. And that's fine. Why? The characters have personalities and they take actions informed by those established personalities. Nobody is reduced to "physically attractive" as their main personality trait. There is a story arc. Intrigue builds. Complications arise. It's as if it were a real story and not just some exciting stuff that happened.

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