Reddit reviews World of Warcraft: Chronicles of War
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To get addicted? I would say the War of the Ancients trilogy, it covers a period in Warcraft known as the sundering but from a different perspective from Warcraft 3 as it focuses on 3 characters 'created' by the author (technically you can say it was blizzard/knaak) which in turn heavily influence the current story and timeline in World of Warcraft (WoD excluded to a point).
If you aren't looking for a long read, as mentioned by /u/disaace, Arthas: Rise of the Lich King is fantastic and covers Arthas Menethils descent in to 'madness' as he takes up the mantle of 'The Lich King'. The internal struggle in that book was one of the best things in any of the Warcract/WoW series i've read.
If you enjoy either of those, you can go in a few directions but i'd recommend covering the history of/between Orcs and Humans which you can read in World of Warcraft: Chronicles of War which covers 4 books and gives you a really solid grounding.
Some people have issues with some of the writing styles but if you just take the story for what it is and you've grown up around the Warcraft games then it's hard to not geek out a bit!
Hey man,
If you're truly interested in Warcraft lore, I HIGHLY recommend that you look into reading the Warcraft books. It really is the greatest story I've ever had the pleasure to hear. These books are absolutely incredible man, thinking of it now gives me goosebumps. I'll give you a link to two books to start out with.
https://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Chronicles-Christie-Golden/dp/1439172722/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496848271&sr=8-1&keywords=chronicles+of+war+warcraft I have no fucking clue why this is so expensive, I suggest looking around to get a better price. I got mine for like 20 USD a few years ago. This book is SO AMAZING, BY THE LIGHT! If your going to get any book, get this. This is the first one you want to read because they all go in order which helps you gain a deep understanding for the chain of events.
https://www.amazon.com/WarCraft-Archive-WARCRAFT-Blizzard-Entertainment/dp/1416525823/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1416525823&pd_rd_r=AZECSF70JK8PY7RWJ99N&pd_rd_w=MuXiq&pd_rd_wg=nqJsx&psc=1&refRID=AZECSF70JK8PY7RWJ99N
After Chronicles of War, this is the book you want to read. Super, super interesting stuff in this one. Please man, do yourself a favor and get these two books. I promise you, you will be so hooked into WoW after you read these haha.
I suggest http://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Chronicles-Christie-Golden/dp/1439172722
It includes rise of the horde which establishes the horde, the draenai and the legion, then theres the last guardian with medivh and khadgar and the first war, tides of darkness which is the events of the 2nd war, and through the dark portal with the gang disappearing into outland and nerzhul being nerzhulish
theres also the war of the ancients trilogy which is all about the lore of the night elves and illidan and the well of eternity but thats out of print and more pricey
Rise of the Horde was reprinted in its entirety in Chronicles of War. This book includes Rise of the Horde, The Last Guardian, Tides of Darkness, and Beyond the Dark Portal (in that order, which is the correct reading order for those books).
As Kezdog suggested the 3 books they are conveniently put into one collection this set here has 3 of the 4 books he mentioned plus 1 bonus one. I think it would be a good thing to buy since you will save quite a lot of money if you do get it, 4 books in one for about $10 used or a little more new. It is slightly big but I read it in like a sofa chair with arms so its comfortable to me.
It is the very same Knaak and he has written other warcraft novels. There are a couple of compliations out there if you are interested.
Chronicles of War
The War of the Ancients Archive
The Warcraft Archive
You can find them all on Amazon and there's more coming out every couple of months. I think Golden has one coming out this month and Knaak in the very near future.
I suggest buying this, it has rise of the horde in it as well as 3 other books for a great price.
http://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Chronicles-Christie-Golden/dp/1439172722?ie=UTF8&keywords=rise%20of%20the%20horde&qid=1465486476&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2
If you plan on reading them chronologically then /u/Cereon-EU 's link is 100% accurate, I can personally recommend reading them this way as it is nice to read chronologically.
If you plan on buying them online, buy whichever ones you think might enjoy. If you are going to buy them in store, try to get the Warcraft Archive Amazon Link
and the Chronicles of War Amazon Link
These are good because you get a total of 7 books(Last Guardian repeats) for the price of 4, AND they are all chronological to each other (no books missing in between)
Seconded! I'm reading this right now and really enjoying it. I'm reading it in the Chronicles of War collection, which is four major books in one. Highly recommended. It fits VERY well with what's happening in the current expansion as well.
Pick up Chronicles of War - it contains Rise of the Horde, the Last Guardian, Tides of War, and Beyond the Dark Portal.
http://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Chronicles-Christie-Golden/dp/1439172722
Rise of the Horde is a must read before WoD, just to see how things played out in our timeline, and how they've changed, plus familiarizing yourself with the various Orcs.
The Last Guardian is all about Medivh and Khadgar. Khadgar will be central in WoD, so also a good one to read.
Tides of War and Beyond the Dark Portal cover the 2nd war, and its fall out, featuring Anduin Lothar, Doomhammer, and Turalyon. There is a strong possibility that a good bit of Tides of War will be what the Warcraft movie is based on.
> What's a good book to cover the original warcraft story, and then bridge it to warcraft 3? If there's not just one, how about a few. I own war of the ancients, but was considering rise of the horde. I ha e read day of the Dragon and it was my favorite, this was almost a decade ago though.
I recommend World of Warcraft: Chronicles of War.
http://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Chronicles-Christie-Golden/dp/1439172722
It is a collection of novels that covers Rise of the Horde -> Beyond the Dark Portal (Pre-Warcraft 1 to the end of Warcraft 2's expansion pack). The book that covers Warcraft 1 isn't great at showing you the war itself, just the events transpiring at Karazhan with Khadgar, Garona, Medivh and Lothar. Though that covers all of the relevant human characters that will carry over into the next 2 books. Rise of the Horde will of course give you an idea of what the Horde was like at that time, and Tides of Darkness will fill in the gaps towards the end of the first war before going into the middle of that very large war.
> So now the aspects no longer have their powers? That's not all dragons, right? Are all black dragons still considered bad?
Yes, all of them. The only reason the Bronze dragons could use time magic in MoP, was because they harnessed energies found on the Timeless Isle. Black Dragons are mostly extinct right now. They were all bad, corrupted at birth by magic of the Old Gods. Wrathion is the exception, but he is literally a child. Less than 10 years old I believe. So he's got his own emotional issues, despite his powers and influence. Wrathion I believe will try to restore his dragon flight, but it will be challenging.
> One more.. I haven't played much wow since cata because it's becoming a bad game and the story has bored me. I don't care about pandaria, might as well been called to time filler expansion. And WoD seems.. Irrelevant to Azeroth entirely. Anything I SHOULD know?
You should catch up on literally everything. The story has become more focused, and the stories are carrying over from expansion to expansion. If you play WoD, you'll wonder what the hell is going on since you didn't play through MoP. Though at the very least you can read War Crimes and that should catch you up.
There's a great collection of these books called "Chronicles of War"
It includes:
Rise of the Horde
The Last Guardian
Tides of Darkness
Beyond the Dark Portal