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Golden is also the writer of 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—Omens and Allies—are available now. Golden lives in Colorado. She welcomes visitors to her website: www.christiegolden.com.
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Posted January 7, 2012
I could not put thus book down. Explains a ton of the lore going on behind the scenes just before the latest patch, The Hour of Twilight. I recommend reading The Shattering first.
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Posted October 14, 2011
As a veteran wow player, the lore is spot on as always. As a reader, the descriptive nature of everything will even let people who have never played paint an image of the malestrom and Wyrmrest temple in their minds. Christie Golden has th ability to capture the emotions of the characters we know and breathe a bit of life into them that is not even given in the games. Can't wait for her next one!
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Ysera the Awakened Green Dragonflight is frustrated as she is unable to tell her three comrades (Malygos the Spellweaver Blue, Alexstrasza the Life Binder Red and Nozdormu the Timeless Bronze) that she envisions the final catastrophe; but is unsure of when as what she vaguely sees may be aeons in the future. She senses a special shaman so she assigns a trivial task for this Thrall to accomplish. He journeys from Maelstrom to Feralas on Kalimdo and from there on places on this island. Finally he goes on to Nexus on the island of Northrend. His seemingly insignificant trek leads Thrall to understand how the Dragonflights became distrusting of one another and a biological weapon of total extinction is being deployed by Deathwing. The life of a planet is at stake unless he can lead a counterattack.
This is a fascinating fast-paced World of Warcraft epic fantasy. The story line enables the reader to see much of the world through Thrall and learns the different skills possessed by the Dragonflights. However, the faster than the speed of light plotting impedes the character development of the Dragonflights or that of the protagonist. Still fans of the World of Warcraft will appreciate Thrall's adventure to protect the four Dragonflights adhering to their mission in order to save Azeroth.
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Posted December 29, 2012
I love the book it is a good read
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Posted September 10, 2012
Every single time Christie Golden writes in the world of WoW, she puts you right there in the mix of it all. In "Thrall" she takes an iconic character and makes him even more of an actual person, who takes the world on his shoulders. Great book, great author.
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Posted August 9, 2012
They wrote a book about a video game lol
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Posted May 18, 2012
It made me love my shaman even more
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Posted May 5, 2012
Goes to warcraft first result.
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Posted April 21, 2012
WoW the game rocks and all the books do to!
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Posted March 29, 2012
Exquisitely awesome if you play wow get it,if your a fantasy get it. Christie Golden FTW
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Posted January 10, 2012
I love Goldens books!
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Posted December 26, 2011
A very good book. I can't put it down
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Posted November 1, 2011
It came very quickly and was packaged very well I recomend this seller
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Posted August 16, 2011
A must read for any fan of the world of warcraft lore
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Posted August 7, 2011
I just finished this about ten minutes ago, and all I can say is that I couldn't put it down! I love the way it ended and I have to say I have a new love for the shaman in-game, as well as orcs. Good job, Golden!
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Overview
In this follow-up to her New York Times bestseller, ARTHAS, and the forthcoming hardcover THE SHATTERING, Christie Golden delivers a sensational tie-in to the newest World of Warcraft game expansion.