This is Warcraft 2 in novel form. It successfully conveys the events of the late 90s RTS game with a good narrative. I believe it is meant to fill in some blanks for players of WoW in 2007 and it does so successfully. It might have been nice to see some bigger personalities or a bit more feeling from the characters, but it works. Some characters see some growth and an arc. There is a paucity of women characters, which, given that the target audience is WoW players, some women should have been introduced and built out in this novel.