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ISBN : 0743471210
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About the Author
Richard A. Knaak is the
New York Times bestselling author of some three dozen novels, including the
The Sin War trilogy for
Diablo and the
Legend of Huma for
Dragonlance. He has penned the
War of the Ancients trilogy,
Day of the Dragon and its upcoming followup,
Night of the Dragon. His other works include his own
Dragonrealm series, the
Minotaur Wars for
Dragonlance, the
Aquilonia trilogy of the Age of Conan, and the
Sunwell Trilogy -- the first Warcraft manga. In addition, his novels and short stories have been published worldwide in such diverse places as China, Iceland, the Czech Republic, and Brazil.
Direct download links available for Free Download Warcraft: War of the Ancients #3: The Sundering (Bk. 3) Mass Market Paperback
- Series: Warcraft (Book 3)
- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Star (August 1, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743471210
- ISBN-13: 978-0743471213
- Product Dimensions: 1 x 4.4 x 6.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Based on the other reviews, I am in the minority on this but I found this whole trilogy a massive disappointment. I can only assume that others liked these books because they were so entranced by the lore, that they overlooked the many deficiencies. I've read a lot of fantasy novels, some good, some bad, and this was among the very worst. The only reason I slogged through this tedious, poorly written trilogy was to get at the lore, most of which is merely hinted at in the game.
Knaack is either a poor writer, or simply wrote this as a work-for-hire and gave it only the minimum attention required to get his pay check. The quest text and cutscenes in World of Warcraft are better scripted and edited than this novel. His syntax is frequently atrocious. One jarring example came early in the first book, when he describes a dragon aspect as "humongous". This word is pure 1960s slang, on a par with "ginormous", and is a poor choice to describe the majesty and scale of the Titans' hand picked guardians of Azeroth.
His characterization is paper thin. Only Broxigar stood out as having any depth, a warrior suffering survior's guilt and feelings that he is not worthy of the accolades bestowed on him by Warchief Thrall and others. Shandris Feathermoon was intriguing but never really got enough time on the page to develop. Azshara, queen of the night elves, is vapid, self absorbed and easily duped. Malfurion and Tyrande, while likable enough, are mostly characterized by the fact that their intentions are always good, and they always do the right thing. They are heroes, yes, but they're never really conflicted or complex enough to be very interesting.
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