Christie Golden, Warcraft #2: Lord of the Clans

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The Good Points It Makes It Interesting And Makes

The good points it makes it interesting and makes u wonder what is gonna happen. This book Warcraft #2: Lord of the Clans is really good. Christie Golden is my 2nd favorite author.

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Christie Golden, Warcraft #2: Lord Of The Clans -

Christie Golden, Warcraft #2: Lord of the Clans - This book is a real page-turner. I am currently in the process of reading it for the second time... and that's saying a lot.

Let's start with something that will probably make you female readers out there a little angry with me - I almost didn't read this book because it was written by a woman.

Don't get me wrong. I read plenty of books written by female authors. One of my favorite writers happens to be a woman. But... this book is written about a character from a number one selling video game, and let's face it - there aren't a lot of video gamers out there that are of the female persuasion. Or so I thought.

I'm glad that I didn't stick to my original comprehension 'cause I would have missed out on one hell of a good book. I'll finish this paragraph by saying I'd like to stress my deepest apology to the author of 'Lord of the Clans', Christie Golden, for almost not giving her a chance just because she's female. I am sorry.

On with the review.

One of the great things about this book is that you don't have to be a fan of the series of Warcraft computer games to enjoy it. If you do happen to be a fan of the Warcraft games then, great... you'll enjoy learning more about some of the original main character in the series. If you've never played, or even heard of, the Warcraft series... Well, that's ok too. You don't have to know anything about the world of Warcraft to enjoy this book. It requires no pre-knowledge of any kind, except for maybe the ability to read.

The story is as follows: A male Orc, Thrall, is born into slavery. He is raised (if that's what you want to call it) by a horribly abusive human who only sees Thrall as an animal. Thrall is eventually trained, by a kind hearted human warrior, to be a gladiator. The Orc eventually escapes to freedom where he searches for his own people. And finally, he learns of his birthright and what he must do to free his people.

As for the characters... Christy Golden can really bring a character to life. I would be willing to bet that if you read this book, you will be ready to see the villain killed in a grotesque manner by the time you finish page 30. I know I did.

I guess I should give you a little more info about the two main characters.

Thrall - is a male Orc that has never known his own kind. He was taken from his mother and father through an act of treachery; abusively raised to be a prized gladiator by the only father-figure that he had ever known, and finally tormented to the point where he had to either escape his entrapment or die trying.

The character Thrall is extremely well-written and well-developed. It's hard to explain the emotions that form around this character. Thrall is first and foremost a slave, yet he's physically more powerful than any human. Due to the fact that he was born a slave, he knows no other way of life. Escape never crosses his mind. It's almost like he's a small, lost child. All he wants from life is to make his master happy and get treated with kindness in return. This, of course, will never happen.

Lieutenant Aedelas Blackmoore - is the villain in this story. He attains Thrall as an infant (I'm not saying how 'cause that's a good part of the story) and dreams of raising Thrall to be the best fighter that the gladiator ring has ever seen. Blackmoore's only interest in the Orc is for his monitory value. Blackmoore is also a raging alcoholic, which doesn't help to make him any nicer to Thrall.

The character Blackmoore is also very well-written and developed. In fact, I found myself wanting to beat this character within an inch of his life. Good thing he's only fiction.

There are a few side characters, but their parts were so small that there wasn't much room for development.

The boring stuff:

I put this section in for those of you that like to leave comments complaining that the small unimportant parts that I'm about to reveal, were left out of the review.

So, here you go. I didn't leave them out.... (snoore)

1. The book has only been published in paperback.

2. The publisher is Pocket Book Fantasy.

3. The book has 278 pages.

4. The book claims to be #2 in a series, but neither of the two from the Warcraft "series" actually link together.

5. There is a little blood and guts in the story, so I wouldn't recommend anyone under the age of 13 or so to read it.

There you have it.

About the author:

Christie Golden is an award winning author. She has won the Colorado Author's League Top Hand Award for Best Genre Novel of 1999 under the pen name Jadrien Bell. She has written 18 Novels and 16 short stories. Most of her work is in existing series such as Star Trek and Star Trek: Voyager, but she has written two original fantasy novels from Ace Books, and she launched the TSR Ravenloft series in 1991.

Christie lives in Denver, Colorado, with her portrait artist husband. She also has a web-site located at www.christiegolden.com

All in all:

This book is a must-read for any fantasy novel reader. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing another Warcraft book being written by Christie Golden, but I'm not gonna hold my breath. I am, however, going to look into those two original books that she's written. Keep an eye out for those reviews if I can manage to find them.

-skillz-

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