World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King

Christie Golden

apr 2009 · Verkocht door Simon and Schuster

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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.

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This book is one of the best Warcraft books I've read to date. Although it captures most of the campaign in Warcraft 3 and its expansion pack, the story is really well written and it greatly expands on the emotions and consequences of everything Arthas decides and does. In one word, fantastic!

Okay, some überfans of WoW and Warcraft 3 may very well like this book out of fandom... But objectively speaking, this is frankly one book you should pass up. Make no mistake, I enjoyed Warcraft 3 and while I don't care for WoW (or MMo's in general) I did think they explored Arthas quite well in both games. Not so in this book. Christie Golden can write very well if she has the freedom to develop her characters, setting, etc.. Yet Arthas is at best a book commissioned purely for monetary gain. At worst, it is an obvious lackluster cashcow that relies HEAVILY on fandom. The story feels rushed, overly sentimentalized and barely as informative as the Arthas page on the WoW wiki. By forcibly being constrained to its too few pages.. well, lets just say that there's not enough room for the story to unfold properly. Spell-checking was cut from the budget and plotholes litter the book. I honestly recommend you skip this title, even if it were offered free.

Over de auteur

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Christie Golden has written more than forty 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. Golden lives in Tennessee. She welcomes visitors to her website: ChristieGolden.com.