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WarCraft War of the Ancients Archive |  | Author: Richard A. Knaak
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: first trade paperback
Pages: 736
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.8
ISBN: 1416552030
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416552031
ASIN: 1416552030
Publication Date: December 11, 2007
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Months have passed since the cataclysmic Battle of Mount Hyjal, which put an end to the Burning Legion's invasion. Most Legion forces on Azeroth have been slain or driven into hiding. Yet now a mysterious energy rift in the mountains of Kalimdor propels three heroes to the distant past: the dragon mage Krasus, the human wizard Rhonin, and the weathered orc veteran Broxigar. It is a time long before orcs, humans, or even high elves roamed the world. A time that marks the Legion's first invasion of Azeroth, brought about by Queen Azshara and other night elf nobles. A time when the Dragon Aspects are at the height of their power -- unaware that one of their own will soon turn on the world he was charged to protect.
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 phenominal story August 21, 2010
sgpayn0
incredible world of warcraft story that really fills in critical information for anyone who loves this story line and game
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 Entertaining and wonderful to read December 30, 2009
K. McMillan (California)
I just finished this trilogy last night and I loved it!
I used to be an avid WoW player and finding out the back story to the Burning Legion, Malfurion, Illidan, Deathwing, Malygos' madness, the Well, and more was just awesome!
Right after I finished this archive I began the next. I love the Warcraft novels, they are written pretty well and are just great fantasy books to read.
Amazed that this series is receiving below 4 stars! December 21, 2009
Aammar Khan (Houston, Texas)
First off, I must say I am quite amazed that this series is receiving anything below 4 stars, but then again, I am an avid Warcraft fan, so I MIGHT be biased. Although I must say, I do believe that non-Warcraft fans would also like this series.
To me, the trilogy was amazing. Simply put, it has all the elements for a good entertaining read. Plenty of action, plenty of character development, betrayal, friendship, loyalty, and many thrives for greatness. The book jumps around, following the varying stories and actions of the various groups, but it does so in a way, not to confuse you. Everything is worked into the overall plot and all stories intertwine and come into conflict. While I do feel they could have added a few more pages in the end, I overall thought it was a good closing.
With this book done, I now start Warcraft: Archive, and I must say I can't wait to return and see the same characters again. Hell I even ordered World of Warcraft: Night of the Dragon a few days ago. The character Krasus is truly a well thought out character.
Highly recommended
Good read, a few details which feel wrong June 14, 2009
Mishu
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was, without a doubt, a good read, especially if you are a fan of Warcraft lore and/or if you played Warcraft 3 (classic and expansion).
The sad part is that the Burning Legion is treated like the Scourge. The Scourge is a big, I mean really big, bunch of walking corpses, whose power is given by their numbers and not by their individual strength.
The Burning Legion is an almost as big bunch of extremely powerful individuals, individuals who, together, brought the end to thousands of worlds. It might take an army to stop 3-4 demons from their plans. In these books even 12 years old Night Elf girls with a bow in their hands are able to headshot demons. I must say I was very dissapointed by the presentation of the Burning Legion, being almost opposed to how I imagined it and how it is showed in fan arts.
It's really unrealistic how Rhonin, who is around 30 years old, pew pews demons thousands of times older than him, demons which are by every aspect superior to Rhonin. Seemingly, Rhonin was able to amplify his powers immensely because of the Well of Eternity, but for some reason, that didn't happen to the Eredar, their magic being hardly a challenge for Rhonin's. I would have expected a single Eredar to be able to kill a dozen of Rhonins with 1 spell, and not viceversa. The same thing goes on when Malfurion, a beginner druid, even if very talented, defeats one of the most powerful beings in the Universe, Archimonde.
It seems that Knaak didn't take all factors in consideration when he wrote the book, and that's a big minus.
The "time travelling" idea seems really forced and unrealisthic, even if well-motivated by existing lore characters. I would have been absolutely perfectly happy with a description of the War of the Ancients and how it was won in thruth. That was the thing I wanted to discover when I bought the book and, sadly, I haven't, because Knaak's character were practically everywhere and changing history everywhere at everytime, but, OMG, in the end all is like if the characters never actually intervened, except maybe for the death of Hakkar the Houndmaster, a minor demon if you ask me, as he wasn't heard of in any other writing.
Another big minus is that in Knaak's story it just seems that there are too many "Alice and the Wonderland"-like events are going on - going to the big good Mother Tree, flying with the dragons, etc... which seems very non-Warcraft in my opinion.
I told you the bad parts, but there are good parts too. Even if Azshara could get more attention, the attention she got was enough to give us insight about this character which is met not in many but still in enough quests in WoW to make lore fans think: "Who the heck is Azshara?". The scene where Hakkar was defeated was really well written, in my opinion. I don't know why I think that, because I can't remember the scene very well, I just recall it made my hearth beat faster, thing which doesen't happen to me very often. While the main focus wasn't on Malfurion, Tyrande and Illidan, as I would have liked it too, they still got enough attention to make me think that I actually found out something new about my favourite characters after reading this book.
In the end, I would recommend this book if you are a fan of any of the main characters presented there - Tyrarnde, Malfurion, Illidan, Krasus, Rhonin or even Cenarius or Maiev (even if she doesen't have an important role), or if you want to get some insight over one of the coolest Warcraft events, even if they could have been presented better. But, remember, there may be hundreds writers better than Knaak, but there are thousands who are worse.
Short version of what I said - buy the book.
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