World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde

This was my first World of Warcraft and Christie Golden novel. I bought mainly because I came back to playing World of Warcraft after many years, and since I am a lore geek - I thought it would be nice to get some understanding of the story behind the world of the game.I didn't set my expectations high, and boy - was I surprised! This is the book you literally can't put away before you're done reading it. It takes the reader on a journey to an ancient world and a proud people that gets united against a common threat, despite the irrational reasons to see it as a "threat".I will not go into plot details, as I believe it is worth to discover them on your own, especially prior to the World of Warcraft movie that will hit cinemas in 2016. I can only say that it's absolutely worth reading for any fantasy fan, any geek, and it's a must read for World of Warcraft fan, who loves books and/or lore.There is one thing I need to mention about this book... something that hit me near the end of my reading, and something that might be a bit of a long shot, but that's how I see it. "Rise of the Horde" turned out to be a surprisingly insightful study of an entire nation's descent into madness, bloodlust and hatred. In a way it was almost a paralel of 1930's Germany - good, honest people, who get involved in a movement full of hatred, and decide to hunt down the common "enemy" - eventually becoming monsters.Absolutely worth reading! My next novel will be "Arthas", because I always wanted to learn more about this character, and I can't get enough of Christie Golden's writing style!

So I've played the game off and on for, well, since it came out, but I've never really known anything about the lore. When the cut-scenes were released for the new expansion I was really impressed by them, and decided to check out the books, starting from the beginning.The story is essentially told by Thrall, and mostly through the eyes of Durotan. He explains how the Orcs were just individual tribes, coming together only in the shadow of Oshu'gun just twice a year. We see the budding friendship between Durotan and Orgrim, and how the Orcs were one with the land.Then we see how Ner'zhul was manipulated by Kil'jaeden, posing as the spirit of his dead wife Rulka and convincing them that the Draenai were a threat. This is the turning point and the birth of the Horde, with Gul'dan complicit in it. This is when elements turned on the Shaman, who Gul'dan then trained as Warlocks, as the Orcs became mindless murderers.I never really understood the story of the Draenai, and now that I do, I feel bad for them. Not only did their own people turn on them, but the Orcs nearly exterminated them.It's also interesting how Draenor was destroyed in the process, becoming the broken world of Outland, and how the Orcs ended up in Azeroth.It was a good book, and I'm looking forward to the next. I'm also very impressed with quality of the actual book.

Out of every Warcraft book this is the place to start. It takes before Warcraft 1, 2, 3, WoW, etc. This looks like it will help explain the history of the new WoW expansion War Lords of Draenor a bit. If you're looking for the proper order to read the Warcraft books I suggest the following:Rise of the Horde (book) - Covers approx. a 10 year period prior to WC I.The Last Guardian (book) - Touches on the closing days of the First War with bookends set prior to WC III.Tides of Darkness (book) - Covers WC II in continuity.Beyond the Dark Portal (book) - Covers WC II expansion in continuity.Day of the Dragon (book) - Wraps up some dangling threads from WC II with Deathwing and the Red Dragonflight.Lord of the Clans (book) - Covers a wide swath from just before WC II all the way to prior to WC III. Should be subtitled All You Wanted to Know About Thrall But Were Too Much of An Alliance Lover to Ask. ;) J/k.Of Blood and Honor (book) - Set just prior to WC III.Warcraft III Battle Chest (game) - Reign of Chaos covers the origin of the Scourge and the return of the Burning Legion. The Frozen Throne covers the exile of Illidun, the rise of the Forsaken and the crowning of a new Lich King. Founding of Durotar covers the most recent conflict between Horde and humans prior to WoW.Arthas: Rise of the Lich King (book) - Recaps material from Tides of Darkness all the way up until the end of Frozen Throne with bookends just before the WotLK cinematic.Ashbringer (comic) - Covers the fallout from Arthas dissolving the Order of the Silver Hand and the rise of Argent Dawn and Crimson Crusade.Cycle of Hatred (book) - Picks up after Founding of Durotar and begins to set the stage for WoW Vanilla.Well of Eternity (book) - Try and follow: characters from current Azeroth are sent back to the War of the Ancients 10,000 years before by the Bronze Dragonflight to make sure what was supposed to happen happens. Part of War of the Ancients TrilogyDemon Soul (book) - See above, part of War of the Ancients Trilogy.The Sundering (book) - See above, part of War of the Ancients Trilogy.Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy (Comic) - This is just before WoW vanilla since some Horde holdings (Tauren Mill) are still Alliance held. Sets up Kalygos and his motivations mostly.Warcraft Legends Vol. 1-5 (Comic) - These are all over the place, but primarily just before WoW Vanilla with some flashback stuff.The Dragons of Outland (Comic) - Trilogy set between Vanilla and TBC. Running a bit late, second volume should be out later this year.World of Warcraft Books 1-4 (comics) - Set between TBC and WotLK, covers a lot of plot spillover. Ever why the Missing Diplomat questchain ends so quickly in Thereamore? The answer is here.Death Knight (comic) - Set before and during WotLK. Sets up Thassarian.Mage (comic) - Set before WotLK. Sets up why Dalaran is a floating city over Northrend.Night of the Dragon (book) - Set before WotLK, deals with some stuff spilling out of TBC, especially dealing with Kalygos and the two new dragonflights in Outland.Stormrage (book) Set after WotLK. Sets up Malfurian Stormrage and Tyrande and the status of the Emerald Dream corruption.Shaman (comic) - Set between WotLK and Cata.The Shattering (book) - Covers all the details between WotLK and Cata that were going on while we were doing the pre-launch events.Wolfheart (book) - Details the Worgen and Gilneas' recruitment into the Alliance after the Cataclysm.Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects (book) - follows the former War Chief of the Horde as he struggles with the ongoing repercussions of the Cataclysm.Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War - The ashes of the Cataclysm have settled across Azeroth’s disparate kingdoms. As the broken world recovers from the disaster, the renowned sorceress Lady Jaina Proudmoore continues her long struggle to mend relations between the Horde and the Alliance.Dawn of the Aspects - The former Dragon Aspects are on the brink of going their separate ways to forge new destinies...Vol'Jin: Shadows of the Horde - Follows Vol'Jin as he travels to Pandaria, where the troll chieftain's loyalties are put to the ultimate test when a member of his own faction moves to assassinate him. . . .War Crimes - Centers around Garrosh Hellscream after the Siege of Orgrimmar. It provides a bridge between the events at the end of the Mists of Pandaria expansion and the upcoming Warlords of Draenor expansion.Hope this helped i tried my best to get it right but as always there may be some mistakes just try to look into it on wowwiki or wowpedia. Special Thanks to Kordd on the battle.net forums for creating the original part of the list.

The only bad thing so far about this series is that not all of them are on Kindle. I've been a Christie Golden fan since reading her Star Trek Voyager books, so I was pleasantly surprised to see she was/is writing for Blizzard. The back story of Durotan and Orgrim and the rise of the Horde was so well written. There were no boring parts of this book at all, it flowed nicely. I would have liked to see more put into certain timelines of the book that were only briefly mentioned, but I understand you can only fit so much into each storyline without bogging down the flow.Highly recommend for any WoW player but also anyone who like fantasy fiction. I think even if I didn't play WoW I would still find this to be a great read.

Currently wow game play it lacking, so missing the story telling lead me to reading the book this was the first one I read and I absolutely loved it. It made my heart ache for the Horde, but also the draeni which if I'm being honest I never cared for previously. I highly recommend this book if you love wow. Now off to read Lord of the clan.

This book got me hooked from the beginning till the very end. I suggest this book to anyone who want to try world of Warcraft

Great read. I enjoyed every word of it had the feeling of the Orks, and told their story better then the film.

Detailed original Horde origins history, great for people like me which enjoy learning the genealogy of the events which make the Horde ben created.

Excelente estado