The Shattering (World of Warcraft, #8)

Posted on 15 April 2017 by Christie Golden

His eyes were open now, watching the path of the tiny flame If you continue your path, little spark, you will cause great harm. I must burn I must liveThere are places where your glow and heat are welcome Find them, do not destroy the dwellings or take the lives of my people For a second, he seemed to wink out of existence but then blazed back with renewed vigor.Thrall knew what he had to do He lifted his hand Forgive me, Brother Flame But I must protect my people from the harm you would cause them I have requested, I have begged, now I warn.The spark seemed to spasm, and yet he continued on his lethal course.Thrall, grim faced, clenched his hand hard The spark flared defiantly, then dwindled, finally settling down to nothing than the faintest of glowing embers For now, he would no longer do anyone harm.The threat had ended, but Thrall was reeling This was not the way of the shaman with the elements It was a relationship of mutual respect, not of threats and control and, in the end, destruction Oh, the Spirit of Fire could never be extinguished It was far greater than anything any shaman, or even group of shaman, could ever attempt to do to him He was eternal, as all the spirits of the elements were But this part of him, this elemental manifestation, had been defiant, uncooperative And he had not been alone He was part of a disturbing trend of elements that were sullen and rebellious rather than cooperative And in the end, Thrall had had to completely dominate him Other shaman were now calling rain to soak the city in case there was another aberrant spark that persisted in its course of devastation.Thrall stood in the rain, letting it soak him, pour off his massive green shoulders, and drip down his arms What in the name of the ancestors was happening New York Times bestselling and award winning author Christie Golden has written thirty five novels and several short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror Among her many projects are over a dozen Star Trek novels and several original fantasy novels An avid player of World of Warcraft, she has written two manga short stories and several novels in that world Lord of the Clans, Rise of the Horde, Arthas Rise of the Lich King, and The Shattering Prelude to Cataclysm with in the works She has also written the StarCraft Dark Templar Trilogy, Firstborn, Shadow Hunters, and Twilight Forthcoming is Devils Due, a StarCraft II novel focusing on the unlikely friendship between Jim Raynor and Tychus Findlay Golden is also currently writing three books in the major nine book Star Wars series Fate of the Jedi, in collaboration with Aaron Allston and Troy Denning Her first two books in that series, Omen and Allies, are on shelves now Golden currently lives in Colorado Thrall, wise shaman and the warchief of the Horde, has sensed a disturbing change Long ago, Azeroth s destructive native elementals raged across the world until the benevolent titans imprisoned them within the Elemental Plane Despite the titans intervention, many elementals have ended up back on Azeroth Over the ages, shaman like Thrall have communed with these spirits and, through patience and dedication, learned to soothe roaring infernos, bring rain to sun scorched lands, and otherwise temper the elementals ruinous influence on the world of Azeroth.Now Thrall has discovered that the elementals no longer heed the shaman s call The link shared with these spirits has grown thin and frayed, as if Azeroth itself were under great duress. Free Read The Shattering (World of Warcraft, #8) author Christie Golden For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Shattering does a great job of leading the reader into the Cataclysm, and it s definitely one of the best Warcraft books so far Mostly because it actually made me feel something.First of all, I have a new addition to my ever longer list of favourite characters He s a bull And for the first time, I actually want to start playing as a bull b...I was fortunate in a way in reading this novel by Christie Golden My wife became pregnant with twins in March of 2009 and I shut down my WoW account just before making it to Icecrown in the game This means I have not played Cataclysm yet As a high school teacher and a parent of twins, I really don t even see much of the gaming world these days except for the occasional Hearts or Minesweeper game during my off period.The Shattering took me back into that world, advancing an already terrific st I was fortunate in a way in reading this novel by Christie Golden My wife became pregnant with twins in March of 2009 and I shut down my WoW account just before making it to Icecrown in the game This means I have not played Cataclysm yet As a high school teacher and a parent of twins, I really don t even see much of the gaming world these days except for the occasional Hearts or Minesweeper game during my off period.The Shattering took me back into that world, advancing an already terrific story It was paced ...Any review of The Shattering, like a review for any franchise novel, has to be written with a big caveat Do you have any interest in the franchise I am a Warcraft guy I play regularly I ve read several of the books I am fairly, though not religiously well versed in the lore.As Warcraft books go, The Shattering i...The Shattering Prelude to Cataclysm World of Warcraft 8 , Christie GoldenAs a rule, I don t have a problem with Tie In Fiction I m very much in the you like what you like camp and don t think you should ever be ashamed of your reads.The argument against tie in fiction is often that it is of a lesser quality, that because it is work for hire, authors don t give it the same attention they would their own creation I don t think that s necessarily true any .However, I have encountered...I really don t understand how this has so many positive reviews I mean, there s not too much that is good in this book I d say maybe people who read Blizzard books have very low standards, but I ready Heaven s Devils and that was pretty good This isn t Some of the parts with Thrall are interesting, and that s about it The biggest problem with this book in my opinion is Anduin The book spends WAY too much time on him and he is the least interesting character in the story It s been severa I really don t understand how this has so many positive reviews I mean, there s not too much that is good in this book I d say maybe people who read Blizzard books have very low standards, but I ready Heaven s Devils and that was pretty good This isn t Some of the parts with Thrall are interesting, and that s about it The biggest problem with this book in my opinion is Anduin The book spends WAY too much time on him and he is the least interesting character in the story It s been several months since I read it, so let me see if I can articulate different parts that were wrong.First off, there is some seriously bad characterization This author di...With the World of Warcraft expansion looming on the horizon, I thought it prudent to give this one a read before the cataclysm descends upon us all As it turns out, my timing couldn t have been better Elemental invasions and other pre Cataclysm events are unfolding on the live servers even as we speak Since the novel deals with important WoW characters and their struggle to understand the increasingly unruly behavior of Azeroth s elements, I felt it complemented my in game experience nicely.T With the World of Warcraft expansion looming on the horizon, I thought it prudent to give this one a read before the cataclysm descends upon us all As it turns out, my timing couldn t have been better Elemental invasions and other pre Cataclysm events are unfolding on the live servers even as we speak Since the novel deals with important WoW characters and their struggle to understand the increasingly u...A gripping, superlatively well told fantasy set in the Warcraft universe This could easily stand alone as an excellent story, but WoW players and lore geeks will adore it The political upheavals of Cataclysm are set in an entirely sensible context, with every character rendered as complex and fully nuanced, even...This is the best book that I have read in September, no doubts for now lol I really enjoyed the way Mrs Goldie writes, how poetic it is mostly in Thrall parts , sometimes, I d say Once again I m admitting that I m a fool, fool for not reading this before, when I started play World of Warcraft I m so regretful that I didn t enjoy to know the story while I played the game But, I think It isn t late, so here I am.I m absolutely in love with Thrall and Aggra love, the way he leads the H This is the best book that I have read in September, no doubts for now lol I really enjoyed the way Mrs Goldie writes, how poetic it is mostly in Thrall parts , sometimes, I d say Once again I m admitting that I m a fool, fool for not reading this before, when I started play World of Warcraft I m so regretful that I didn t enjoy to know the story ...You can read the full review over at my blog far back as I can remember, the first video game that I owned, good and proper, was the Game of The Year edition of WarCraft II Tides of Darkness An elder cousin, on holiday from college in US, got me the game and I was hooked on it immediately It was my first real taste of a fantasy game like this I finished both campaigns, Human and Orc, in short order a few weeks or something , and spent several weeks You can read the full review over at my blog far back as I can remember, the first video game that I owned, good and proper, was the Game of The Year edition of WarCraft II Tides of Darkness An elder cousin, on holiday from college in US, got me the game and I was hooked on it immediately It was my first real taste of a fantasy game like this I finished both campaigns, Human and Orc, in short order a few weeks or something , and spent several weeks playing the various maps and stuff It was awesome Eventually I played the other games too, and then came World of WarCraft in my senior year of college And it was magnificent I was exposed to a type of game I hadn t imagined before, and it was glorious And I played a paladin as my main, first as a healer, then as dps, then tank, and then whatever I wanted.In all of this though, I didn t read a WarCraft novel until quite late A friend in college loaned me The Last Guardian by Jeff Grubb Knowing what I did from the ...

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15 April 2017

Christie Golden