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| Original Title: | The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm (World of Warcraft, #8) ASIN B003L785VK |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | World of Warcraft #8 |
| Characters: | Palkar, Gorehowl, Hamuul Runetotem, Gazlowe, Grom Hellscream, Gorkrak, Anduin Wrynn, Orgrim Doomhammer, Gordawg, Magellas, Muradin, Stormsong, Graddock, Durotar, Drukan |
Christie Golden
Kindle Edition | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.95 | 4418 Users | 188 Reviews
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His eyes were open now, watching the path of the tiny flame. If you continue your path, little spark, you will cause great harm.I must burn! I must live!There are places where your glow and heat are welcome. Find them, do not destroy the dwellings or take the lives of my people!For a second, he seemed to wink out of existence but then blazed back with renewed vigor.Thrall knew what he had to do. He lifted his hand. Forgive me, Brother Flame. But I must protect my people from the harm you would cause them. I have requested, I have begged, now I warn.The spark seemed to spasm, and yet he continued on his lethal course.Thrall, grim-faced, clenched his hand hard. The spark flared defiantly, then dwindled, finally settling down to nothing more than the faintest of glowing embers. For now, he would no longer do anyone harm.The threat had ended, but Thrall was reeling. This was not the way of the shaman with the elements. It was a relationship of mutual respect, not of threats and control and, in the end, destruction. Oh, the Spirit of Fire could never be extinguished. It was far greater than anything any shaman, or even group of shaman, could ever attempt to do to him. He was eternal, as all the spirits of the elements were. But this part of him, this elemental manifestation, had been defiant, uncooperative. And he had not been alone. He was part of a disturbing trend of elements that were sullen and rebellious rather than cooperative. And in the end, Thrall had had to completely dominate him. Other shaman were now calling rain to soak the city in case there was another aberrant spark that persisted in its course of devastation.Thrall stood in the rain, letting it soak him, pour off his massive green shoulders, and drip down his arms. What in the name of the ancestors was happening?New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Christie Golden has written thirty-five novels and several short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Among her many projects are over a dozen Star Trek novels and several original fantasy novels. An avid player of World of Warcraft, she has written two manga short stories and several novels in that world (Lord of the Clans, Rise of the Horde, Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, and The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm) with more in the works. She has also written the StarCraft Dark Templar Trilogy, Firstborn, Shadow Hunters, and Twilight. Forthcoming is Devils’ Due, a StarCraft II novel focusing on the unlikely friendship between Jim Raynor and Tychus Findlay. Golden is also currently writing three books in the major nine-book Star Wars series Fate of the Jedi, in collaboration with Aaron Allston and Troy Denning. Her first two books in that series, Omen and Allies, are on shelves now. Golden currently lives in Colorado.***Thrall, wise shaman and the warchief of the Horde, has sensed a disturbing change . . . Long ago, Azeroth’s destructive native elementals raged across the world until the benevolent titans imprisoned them within the Elemental Plane. Despite the titans’ intervention, many elementals have ended up back on Azeroth. Over the ages, shaman like Thrall have communed with these spirits and, through patience and dedication, learned to soothe roaring infernos, bring rain to sun-scorched lands, and otherwise temper the elementals’ ruinous influence on the world of Azeroth.Now Thrall has discovered that the elementals no longer heed the shaman’s call. The link shared with these spirits has grown thin and frayed, as if Azeroth itself were under great duress.
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| Title | : | The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm (World of Warcraft #8) |
| Author | : | Christie Golden |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | October 19th 2010 by Pocket Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. World Of Warcraft. Warcraft. Mmorpg. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 4418 Users | 188 ReviewsCommentary Epithetical Books The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm (World of Warcraft #8)
Loved this book, as I do all of Golden's books. Set between WOTLK and Cataclysm, there's essentially two parallel stories, one set within the faction of The Horde and one with The Alliance. Thrall has gone to Outland to try and communicate with the elements, to understand what's happening to the world, since there's a lot of floods, earthquakes, and other disasters. (We're on the brink of the Cataclysm, remember). This leaves a lot of turmoil brewing in The Horde camp, between Garrosh HellscreamAfter the snooze-fest that was Stormrage, I was pleasantly surprised that this book was kind of interesting. I certainly wasn't expecting Anduin Wrynn to be as enjoyable of a character as he was. On the other hand, what seemed like the central conflict of the novel--the elemental forces of Azeroth going nuts--was never reresolved. In fact, a resolution to that issue was barely even hinted at. I guess you have to read the next novel for that. Or...you know, actually play WoW.
You can read the full review over at my blog:http://sonsofcorax.wordpress.com/2014...As far back as I can remember, the first video game that I owned, good and proper, was the Game of The Year edition of WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness. An elder cousin, on holiday from college in US, got me the game and I was hooked on it immediately. It was my first real taste of a fantasy game like this. I finished both campaigns, Human and Orc, in short order (a few weeks or something), and spent several weeks
I really don't understand how this has so many positive reviews. I mean, there's not too much that is good in this book. I'd say maybe people who read Blizzard books have very low standards, but I ready "Heaven's Devils" and that was pretty good. This isn't. Some of the parts with Thrall are interesting, and that's about it. The biggest problem with this book in my opinion is Anduin. The book spends WAY too much time on him and he is the least interesting character in the story! It's been
So World of Warcraft: The Shattering tells the story of the lead up to "The Shattering", where Azeroth is attacked by Deathwing. I was expecting it to be about the events of the Shattering, ie the world falling apart, however it turned out to be more about the polotics of Azeroth than anything else. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't disappointed by this at all, I relished finding out more about Thrall and even about the Alliance side in Ironforge. As a Horde player myself, I have to admit, I don't
I really enjoyed reading The Shattering. I'm an avid fan of the Warcraft universe and the lore of it. The Shattering was a great prelude of the Cataclysm because it explains many of the events which occurred in the game, World of Warcraft : Cataclysm, in depth and had a lot of interesting lore included within it that really enticed me such as the death of Magni Bronzebeard. Without reading this book you would not have as much information about how he died and even why he died when playing the
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