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World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde

Written by: Christie Golden
Narrated by: Christie Golden
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Though the young Warchief Thrall ended the demon curse that had plagued his people for generations, the orcs still wrestle with the sins of their bloody past. As the rampaging Horde, they waged a number of devastating wars against their perennial enemy - the Alliance. Yet the rage and bloodlust that drove the orcs to destroy everything in their path nearly consumed them as well. Long ago, on the idyllic world of Draenor, the noble orc clans lived in relative peace with their enigmatic neighbors, the draenei.

But the nefarious agents of the Burning Legion had other plans for both of the unsuspecting races. The demon-lord Kil’jaeden set in motion a dark chain of events that would succeed not only in eradicating the draenei, but would forge the orc clans into an single, unstoppable juggernaut of hatred and destruction. An original tale of magic, warfare, and heroism based on the best-selling, award-winning electronic game series from Blizzard.

©2007 Blizzard Entertainment (P)2018 Blizzard Entertainment
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Ner Zhul did nothing wrong

It was simply fantastic! It was super well narrated by christie golden and the story was captivating. I always take walk when i lisent to audiobook and i could see the image pooping in my head of what was happening. I also love the game and this book increased my love for the game. And made me discovert a good side that i like about the horde. (Alliance player here lol) Anyway this was incredible. And yeah i just wanna hug ner zhul lol

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Decent Audio Book

I am an avid player and fan of World of Warcraft and own an original copy of this book. I picked up the Audio version, which is reviewed here, before getting on a plane as the cost was decent and I enjoy the opportunity to listen to a novel when it is read by the author.

I gave this audio book 3 stars for a few reasons. The story itself is far darker than I expected which is not a bad thing. Overall, I can honestly say that the history of the Horde as written by the author is pretty good and from a Warcraft fan I'd say very near 5 stars.

The voice of the author is nice and she does a good job telling the story but her voice is something more, in my opinion, suited to telling a more positive story than this one and so it doesn't really work for this audio book and therefore I give the reading of the story a 3 star.

When all is said and done, I will give this Audio Book 4 stars but just barely. That is mostly on personal preference. I was close to giving it 3 stars to be honest but on reflection, the history presented for a Warcraft fan is very good in my opinion and well written. I did enjoy the sound of the author's voice but it did not work with the story she was reading. Recommended for reading.

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FOR THE HORDE!

Loved it. Probably my most read/listened to warcraft book! Check it out if you are interested in orc lore, or just want to hear a good story!

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awesome story

Christie Golden does an excellent job reading this story, I have spent a few days in traffic listening to this book and have found it quite enjoyable and calming while I navigate to and from work

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exceeded all expectations.

A great story detailing out the history of the horde and it's major players impacts.

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good listen.

Was a good listen. but most of the characters being male I just couldn't picture them properly as voiced by this wonderful lady she did a fantastic job reading the book. but I've played the games this book was based on and itvwas hard to imagine these characters fully.

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subpar

incredible story, didn't care for the narration sadly. the vocal range doesn't fit the variety of voices .

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Up to now great story but the performance of Christie is awful

Great book but the performance of Christie is awful. They should have hired a professional to do the male voices. I’m completely taken out of this audiobook unfortunately.

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