World of Warcraft: Night of the Dragon is the long-awaited follow-up to Warcraft: Day of the Dragon. Richard A. Knaak fleshed out a set of intermingled events that keep you reading in expectation of what would happen next. Danger lurks everywhere. Without, but even more within Grim Batol. Back on 2001, when Warcraft: Day of the Dragon hit bookstores, World of Warcraft was still in early development. The author had to rely on his skills, Chris Metzen (VP of Creative Design) and the dubbed Warcraft Bible to write Day of the Dragon.
With World of Warcraft now reaching its 4th Anniversary, Richard A. Knaak was able to take advantage of the geography and fauna of Azeroth. From Ratchet's goblins and Bloodsail Buccaneer pirates to Wetlands' dangerous oozes, crocolisks and raptors.
Day of the Dragon ... Night of the Dragon ... The first question that comes to mind with the cliché title is ... Has Deathwing returned, is he alive? Everything seems to point out the Earth-Warder is behind what transpires in the story. Yet the answer is continuously evaded and prolonged. That question is not answered well until the very end of the novel.
The story has a few well-known characters converging into the same location individually and separately. Each with their own mission and goal. Iridi is a draenei priestess sent from Exodar to retrieve something that has been stolen to them by a Blood Elf, after murdering her draenei companion. Her second mission is ... to find and destroy a nether dragon. The fake trails that set her looking all around Kalimdor for the blood elf came to an end, as she picks on the rightful trail and seeks to secure transportation in Ratchet. Her destination ... Menethil Harbor.
Vereesa Windrunner comes to Wetlands for motives of her own. Her twin offsprings were almost kidnapped by a blood elf she knows very well, in an attempt to sate his thirst for magic. She won't be at ease or sleep well for as long as the blood elf remains loose out there. Her hunting, incredibly, brings her to that dreaded place she fought at during the second war. Grim Batol.
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With World of Warcraft now reaching its 4th Anniversary, Richard A. Knaak was able to take advantage of the geography and fauna of Azeroth. From Ratchet's goblins and Bloodsail Buccaneer pirates to Wetlands' dangerous oozes, crocolisks and raptors.
Day of the Dragon ... Night of the Dragon ... The first question that comes to mind with the cliché title is ... Has Deathwing returned, is he alive? Everything seems to point out the Earth-Warder is behind what transpires in the story. Yet the answer is continuously evaded and prolonged. That question is not answered well until the very end of the novel.
The story has a few well-known characters converging into the same location individually and separately. Each with their own mission and goal. Iridi is a draenei priestess sent from Exodar to retrieve something that has been stolen to them by a Blood Elf, after murdering her draenei companion. Her second mission is ... to find and destroy a nether dragon. The fake trails that set her looking all around Kalimdor for the blood elf came to an end, as she picks on the rightful trail and seeks to secure transportation in Ratchet. Her destination ... Menethil Harbor.
Vereesa Windrunner comes to Wetlands for motives of her own. Her twin offsprings were almost kidnapped by a blood elf she knows very well, in an attempt to sate his thirst for magic. She won't be at ease or sleep well for as long as the blood elf remains loose out there. Her hunting, incredibly, brings her to that dreaded place she fought at during the second war. Grim Batol.
Simon & Schuster is now accepting pre-orders of World of Warcraft: Arthas here.
More of the review here
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