World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness

I love Warcraft. I love the games, and the lore. Moreso the lore. I am not a fan of Richard A Knaak. I find he uses the word "dread" far too frequently, and almost always uses it wrong - he seems to be unaware that there are other suffixes. He also writes a little arrogantly and sometimes seems as though he's taken a perfectly adequate word, searched it in a thesaurus and opted for the longest and most complicated word he can, which really takes you out of the story. However, he's often given the best stories to work at, so I grin and bear it. If it were that bad I wouldn't actually read them. Aaren Rosenberg doesn't write many of these novels, but he's good at the ones he does. I didn't find the cover image of this book particularly provocative, but the story is a good one. Unfortunately, I read it a while ago and don't remember it, but I do remember enjoying it.

Orgrim Doomhammer ferocious and determined to bring honour to the Horde pouring over Azeroth's Eastern Kingdoms in a bid to conquer new lands for the Horde to live in is betrayed by Gul'dan and his lust for power. Fighting to the gates of Lordearon and his bitter defeat after the epic battle with Lothar. A fantastic read and glimpse into the mind of the Horde

I liked reading this one. You basically have to be in the right state of mind (i.e. be in rhe mood of fantasy stories) to actually enjoy it properly

I bought this for my 17 year old son and 14 year old daughter who east breath and sleep WOW they love it so it must be a good buy I have bought them in order of the game which can be found on the internet but I'm not sure if this is necessary or not.

Really enjoy the WoW books, the lore is rich and insightful. Great for anybody who plays the games, or even if you are just looking for a great story based in an already well established universe!

For an old book it was in a fairly good state! Only down-side, I would say is that the book had been slightly turned damp and so the cover gave off a little. So maybe try and fix something water-resistant.. Other then that, book intact, quick shipping, goodtimes!

BEAUTIFUL <3

This is a fairly well written story, but lacks the depth of either Knaak or Golden's stories. I really felt that Aaron was too inexperienced to write something like the death of Gu'ldan, he gave no more information about it than the game. Even the capture of the dragonqueen was written in a rushed manner, there no attention to detail, no eloquent writing style. The whole book seems to have been rushed with seemingly long portions of the story covered in a few lines. It doesn't really do justice to the epic tale being told. There is no capture of the emotion of the moment, no attempt to extend the story anymore than the basics. About on par with the lesser Warcraft books like The Last Guardian and Cycle of Hatred, but cannot be counted alongside the works of Knaak or anywhere near the pen of Golden, not even upto the level of Road to Damnation. If you're reading this book to fill in the gaps of Warcraft lore, it fulfils that, but there are much better warcraft writers out there. Don't write any more, Aaron.

For timeline purposes, this book takes place right after the first war between the humans and orcs. This book is the 3rd book you should be reading if you want to go in chronological order. It takes place right after The Last Guardian and you will see more than a few familiar faces carry over from that story. Rosenberg takes the story of the game, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and does a solid job of putting it into a novel that serves as a refresher on events that happened years before the setting of World of Warcraft. It also gives you a glimpse into some of the characters that you'll find in the World of Warcraft and give you an idea why there are statues of some of them outside of Stormwind. Some major characters that appear are Turalyon, Khadgar, Lothar, Doomhammer, Gul'dan, Terenas (Arthas' dad) and Zul'jin. Even brief appearances by Arthas and Varian. I understand some of the plot holes people complain about are annoying (Distances traveled, some characters, unrealistic strategies, etc.) but I got what I expected and enjoyed it. 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 Trilogy Demon 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.

Thank you so much for the quality of this book. It is immaculate for its age

Unfortunately this book is just average and might even feel boring if compared to its unofficial predecessor “Rise of the Horde”. One immediately notices that this book was written by another author. The events and characters are just too shallow and not engaging enough so that I didn’t really care about them. I did read the book to the end but only because I a) love WoW and b) wanted/needed to know the end in order to continue in this series. WoW fans might give this book a 4 out of 5 but “ordinary” readers most likely won’t give it more than 3 stars.

I think this book is great. I enjoyed the story from beginning to end. If you are a world of warcraft fan then you are going to love this book. I wish I read this book when I played the mmo game.

It's a book.. how can you review a book? It has pages, and none of them were missing! so 5 stars ok? ok seriously, it is the story with the horde invasion of azeroth. To read if you like lore.