World of Warcraft: Arthas
By Christie Golden
- Release Date: 2009-04-21
- Genre: Epic Fantasy
Description
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Christie Golden brings Arthas the Lick King to life in the book World of Warcraft fans have been clamoring for.
Author Christie Golden does for Arthas what she once did for the Orc Lord Thrall in the bestselling Warcraft: Lord of the Clans in another epic exploration of one of the key characters from the eleven-million subscriber massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
Arthas: Rise of the Lick King reveals the true and thrilling story behind one of the Warcraft universe’s most terrifying villains whose evil is legendary.
Reviews
Phenomenal entry point
5By MdcccdcdcdAs a first time player and lover of all things video games this was an amazing story. Wow. Learned so much.One star is far too generous an option.
1By Suitably scathingIn brief, Warcraft: III is amongst the most poorly written stories I have had the misfortune to experience, and blizzard has never deserved the barest modicum of the praise it has received in this regard. The character of Arthas is the nexus point for this spectacular failure. A self-insert character that was predictably made the center piece for the story, and should have been relegated to a supporting role at most - instead tainting the entire narrative in the name of this agenda. Arthas had none of the character development to facilitate certain would be dramatic pay-offs, conducting some of the most laughable character assassinations I have seen or read. Most destructive of all, the story culminates in the single worst example of plot-armor I have ever encountered, which ultimately breaks the warcraft franchise from a narrative perspective given the immense implications of the climax. I have read several warcraft novels, and would praise the authors employed as mediocre at best, with Christie Golden the worst of such. In her defense, I do not believe there has ever been an author capable of shoring up the utterly irredeemable insult to intelligence that is the story she was handed.Great Story!
5By Twcap16One of the best books in the Warcraft universeLoved it
5By I'lleatyoureyesGreat bookworld of warcraft
5By VengefulDeedsThank good there is Ibook store in macbook nowA great read
5By ManienJust finished the book, and it wasn't a fantastic read for lore lovers. I was somewhat hoping to find out more on Northrend, like how things there came to be, but otherwise a great story of Arthas' path to becoming the Lich King. My first WoW book, well worth the time and money.Fantastic Novel!
5By ShaneodudeI have been playing WoW since the Vanilla days but only recently started getting into the lore of it. I've read pretty much everything up to this point in the Warcraft timeline and Arthas has always been my favorite character amongst them all. This novel was my absolute favorite of all I have read thus far and I definitely recommend it. Even if you haven't read the novels that precede this, it could easily be read and enjoyed as a stand-alone novel.arthas
3By RAH4223wish i could get this on itunes cause i do not have a iphone.Beautifully written story
5By frenchgingerI am a huge WoW fan & learning how Arthas grew up was so fascinating. How the love between him and Jaina came to be and was shattered, and also the could have been relationship with Kael'thas and Jaina kept me wanting to learn more! Amazing author!Cool read for Warcraft fans
5By Brad0907I am a WoW player and really enjoy the lore of the game. The story of Arthas was always really cool I thought and it was neat to read about it in more detail. I really enjoyed reading about the spells the characters used and the locations they visited, knowing what they look like and how they are in the game. Also the description of the scourge was pretty cool too.
