Pretty good..
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This book is really interesting if you are a fan of the Warcraft series, it tells the tale of the Dragon aspects and the corruption and creation of Deathwing. There is not a lot of lore surrounding the dragons out there so this is particularly interesting, the book is not perfect though so only 4 stars - but it is still highly enjoyable and interesting.
You will learn more about: The Dragon aspects; Alexstrasza, Malygos, Nozdormu, Ysera and Deathwing. The Kirin Tor, Lord/Lady Prestor, Orc Dragonriders + more!
Read prior to the 'War of The Ancients Trilogy (Richard A. Knaak) as the characters follow on from this book.
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A good story, but...
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These sort of tie-in books are usually pretty poor, so I wasn't expecting much from this. I read it mainly to get some background information to help me with my WOW roleplaying. Anyway, I found the story as a whole to be very interesting, and it was quite easy to read, too.
The main draw-back was the author, not the story; at times I cringed with the amateurism of his writing skills.
There were some really naff things in it: Dwarves lusting after an Elf-maiden; fanatical 2-dimensional human warriors with barely a brain cell between them, and so on. Other than that, I enjoyed it, so I can only hope Mr Knaak (is that his real name?) improves in his other books in the series.
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Thrilling
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I was very excited when the book arrived. I'm a starcraft man myself and I've read all the starcraft books, so to venture into warcraft was something very new for me. I've played all the warcraft games but I've not really gone into depth with its history.
The book was really easy to read once I got into it. The first few chapters were abit confusing. It really just pushed you into the middle of something that you had no clue about.It reminded my of a shorter Lord of the Rings book, with many similarities between Middle Earth and Azeroth. Everyone has to take inspiration from somewhere though, I'm sure JRR Tolkien took his Middle Earth idea part from somewhere else.
I'm looking forward to reading the War of the Ancient trilogy, when it finally arrives.
I'd recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Warcraft. Fans will enjoy it from start to finish.
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for someone who doesn't read...
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I found this book enlightening and really good to read. considering the only books i have ever read were forced upon me by teachers (canterbury tales etc) and after that point i figured reading was boring but i found reading this book quite good. i'd recommend it to anyone.
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I like, but
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I happened to see this in the library and having played warcraft and all it's sequels etc I thought I would give it a try, and all-in-all I thought it was quite good. It seems to drag a little in places, but in general the story is easy to follow but offers up some unexpected moments.
I am not completely manic about Warcraft so i don't really know the ins and outs of the story lines but some of the things did seem a bit random, and I would have prefered if the Warcraft books in general had maybe dealt with the initial wars and stuff like that rather then just throwing the reader into the middle of it.
Apart from that minor issue, I liked it. It is quite light and easy which makes it great for a casual read, but I got quite into it and finished it in about 2 days. I also liked the three main characters: Krasus, Rhonin and Vereesa, which is why I was annoyed when it ended in a rather bland and out-of-hand manner, an issue I no longer have as Knaak has continues them in the War of the Ancients subseries.
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