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The siege of Orgrimmar is finally over and Garrosh Hellscream must now stand trial for his treachery and all his ghastly atrocities. Yearning for some closure, numerous survivors of his crime attend the proceedings, gnashing their teeth as the court recount Garrosh's reign of terror. None of these former victims or family members knows, however, that plots are afoot to wreck all plans of justice and perhaps annihilate them as well.
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Posted Wed May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
As an avid player of WoW and someone who follows the lore with keen interest, I found this book to be both enjoyable and captivating. To see the leaders of the various races that we have all come to love interacting together, reacting to past situations together and sometimes plotting together was nothing short of magnificent. I fully enjoyed this book and look forward with much anticipation the next story in this wonderful universe!
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Posted Sat May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014
When I reviewed the last novel set in the Warcraft universe, I commented on how Blizzard was facing a no win situation. They needed to find a way to balance dealing with major events in both their game and their tie in media. If you only put major events in books, your player base may be upset that they're not involved in those events. If you only put major events in your game, then there may not be a good enough reason to pick up the latest book.
War Crimes is a good solution to this problem. It deals with an important event within the setting via a criminal trial. And while some very interesting video games have been made that allow people to play as a lawyer, that's never been something Warcraft has been known for. So the book doesn't take away content that a player could be involved in otherwise.
For the story itself, much of it is copied from previous novels in the franchise. I don't know if it's literally cut and pasted from those books. I think the author does a good enough job of breaking up those scenes with character reactions and pauses for questions to be asked. I remembered reading many of the scenes before, but I never felt like I should skip ahead because I knew what was going on. But the book doesn't spend all of its time in reliving the past. There are some nice subplots going on. And it's not a Warcraft novel without at least one major fight occurring.
I hope their next major book continues along this path.
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Posted Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I got this hoping for a deeper look into the characters of the faction leaders and their affiliates. Which this provided, especially with Baine and the Windrunner sisters. Unfortunately, the author dropped the ball towards the end through a predictable plot twist (even if you know nothing about the upcoming game expansion), turning what could have been a complicated character into a stereotypical villain, canceling a tragic ending that would have given the story of the expansion more material, and wrapping up everything with your standard happy ending and a heavy-handed epilogue.
Regardless, the story is a good read and in my opinion, it's the best Warcraft novel written so far. Four stars.
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Posted Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Yeah? You can only go up to 90
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Posted Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I hope you realize tha maz lvl is 95 on wow
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Posted Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Ok im all for it
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Posted Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Om real sorry, im about to fall asleep here.......im gonna go, again, really, really sorry
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Posted Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
She smiles
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Posted Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 EDT 2014
A really good read. I hope that blizzard decides to tie the trial into in-game events pre-expansion release. That being said, Christie Golden delivers a great story and interpretation of events from the past and present. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Warcraft lore, you will not be disappointed.
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Posted Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I love blizzard i really do the games are all awesome as a fan i have to say that it sounds like an anoying book and the sample proves me right in my opinion though i also have a recomendation read the book halo contact harvest then if interested read halo cole protocol then halo the fall of reach then halo the flood and then halo first strike in that exact order otherwise it dosent make sense otherwise i love blizzard and will continue to play world of warcraft my charector name is damon and im lvl 437 on a private server im what you call a peice keeper literily i can kill anyone any where in the server and stop town raids by myself and i have a life my names eric dilenger and i make $440,000 a year working in the top brass of the bank chase you have a good day thank you for reading the post
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Posted Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014
A blue box. Nothing interesting realy about it...
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Overview
Alliance and Horde forces have stripped Garrosh Hellscream, one of the most reviled figures on Azeroth, of his title as warchief. His thirst for conquest devastated cities, nearly tore the Horde apart, and destroyed countless lives ...