World of Warcraft Tides of Darkness

World of Warcraft Tides of Darkness

After killing the corrupt Warchief Blackhand, Orgrim Doomhammer was quick to seize control over the Orcish Horde. Now he is determined to conquer the rest of Azeroth so that his people will once again have a home of their own in the…WORLD OF WARCRAFT Anduin Lothar, former Champion of Stormwind, has left his shattered homeland behind and led his people across the Great Sea to the shores of Lordaeron. There, with the aid of the noble King Terenas, he forges a mighty Alliance with the other human nations. But even that may not be enough to stop the Horde’s merciless onslaught. Elves, dwarves, and trolls enter the fray as the two emerging factions vie for dominance. Will the valiant Alliance prevail, or will the Horde’s tide of darkness consume the last vestiges of freedom on Azeroth?

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars I loved it
This is a great book, it’s great to be able to read about the heroes and rulers, and then go online and play in the world you were reading about, along with all the other Warcraft Novels, I strongly suggest getting this one.

3 Stars What?!
I liked this book, not the best in the series, and a long way from Richard Knaak’s writing, but its decent. It’s nice to relive the old memories if you used to play the game as a kid, too. But i have one problem with this Rosenberg fellow. Why is Doomhammer, supposedly a smart commander, so dumb?! When his orcs are unable to batter down the gates of Capital City, he doesn’t tell the dragon to use its fire to burn them down, which would have granted him an easy victory. No, he sends it off. WHAT?! How could anyone be so stupid? And when Lothar needs to warn the elves of Silvermoon of the threat of the invading Horde, does he send a gryphon rider? No! maybe it’s the author…. but, what the crap??? This book is enjoyable, but the lack of realistic-ness in such instances as those gets very annoying very quickly. Beware! If you’re not a big fan of warcraft, but are interested in the series, go for the books by Richard A. Knaak.

5 Stars Nice and enriching storyline
For those whom are into Warcraft lore. This is one of the books for you.

It has an enriching storyline and once you’ve started it, you won’t want to put it down. The words are simply enough to be understood and the flow of the story is just right.

2 Stars This was a painful read
After a big night at the casino, I picked up nearly every full length novel from the Warcraft series (WotA Trilogy, Warcraft Archive, Tides, Dark Portal, Rise of the Horde, etc.) and decided to read them in chronological order. The second war is by a long shot my favorite part of Warcraft lore, and while I started playing in Warcraft: Orcs vs. Humans, Warcraft II was really what got me into the universe.

For that reason, I was absurdly excited when I finally made it up to this book, only go have my world crushed. Overall the writing is clumsy and amateur, and while I was plowing through a Warcraft book every few days, this one stopped me cold for nearly a month. It never felt engaging, and the relationships between characters (that are already well known and have established relationships mind you) felt forced and awkward. Half the book seemed to be filled with repeated description that felt out of place (a fun game to play would be to count the number of times the author mentions Alleria raising her bow in a salute…), and the story never really takes hold.

If anything, I dislike Turalyon because he comes off as a whiney wimp after reading this story, and I personally feel the author demolishes the reputation of Doomhammer within this novel.

Overall, its a long series of “meh” that leads to an anti-climax. Yes, it is a retelling of the second war, I guess you can’t knock it for that, but I’d only recommend this book as a rental, and only if you like this part of Warcraft lore enough to struggle through this book… I did, I do, but I still say use caution. I’d probably like it better if I was younger, or if I was going back to catch up on history and had only started in the Warcraft universe at WoW, but because I’m not a kid and I’ve been there since the beginning this book let me down.

4 Stars Excellent
A good book with a lot of cool information about the world. Not my favorite in the series of books, but still well worth the read. For anybody with any interest in understanding a lot of the lore behind the World of Warcraft game, the book is fulled with a lot of information that should peak your interest. For other people, still a solid story with a classic ending.

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