World of Warcraft: Wolfheart

De: Richard A. Knaak

Narrado por: Scott Brick

Now in paperback—New York Times bestselling author Richard A. Knaak continues the thrilling story begun in the record-breaking MMO game expansion World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

In the wake of the Cataclysm, conflict has engulfed every corner of Azeroth. Hungering for more resources amid the turmoil, the Horde has pressed into Ashenvale to feed its burgeoning war machine. There, acting warchief Garrosh Hellscream has employed a brutal new tactic to conquer the region and crush its night elf defenders, a move that will cripple the Alliance’s power throughout Azeroth.

Unaware of the disaster brewing in Ashenvale, the night elves’ legendary leaders, High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind and Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage, conduct a summit near Darnassus in order to vote the proud worgen of Gilneas into the Alliance. However, resentment of Gilneas and its ruler, Genn Greymane, runs deep in Stormwind’s King Varian Wrynn. His refusal to forgive Genn for closing his nation off from the rest of the world years ago endangers more than just the summit: it threatens to unravel the Alliance itself.

Varian’s animosity is only one of many unsettling developments in Darnassus. An uneasiness creeps over the once-immortal night elves as the first of them fall victim to the infirmities of age. While they cope with their mortality, tensions flare over the reintroduction of the Highborne, formerly the highest caste of night elf nobility, into their society. Many night elves are unable to pardon the Highborne for the destruction unleashed millennia ago by their reckless use of magic.

When a murdered Highborne is discovered on the outskirts of Darnassus, Malfurion and Tyrande move to stop further bloodshed and unrest by appointing one of the night elves’ most cunning and skilled agents to find the killer: the renowned warden Maiev Shadowsong. Yet with all that is transpiring in Darnassus, the Alliance might be powerless to stop the relentless new warchief Garrosh from seizing the whole of Ashenvale.

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This was my first WoW book and I liked it a lot. As an alliance player, seeing the journey our King took in this book was inspiring. I would recommend this to any WoW player.

amazing

this book was just a great book talking about how the wargan came into the alliance

Amazing

It was read incredibly well, the performance was captivating and the story was amazingly written.

well written and a great book for alliance fans

Helps highlight the Horde and Alliance view points and races with it being a more alliance driven story. A great for anyone wanting to learn about varian the king of storm wind and the worgen. Solid pace and a great read

Full emerge, couldn't put it down.

The book was amazing, I've read the illidan and the trial of garish book and while good neither had engulfed me with the story. Loved it and now my only worry is that there isn't enough Warcraft books left for me to read.

Amazing writing and narration

Richard is an amazing author, paired with this brilliant voice acting was such a good experience

wasn't sure what to expect, Amazing!!

This book was amazing !
You don't need to know any history on the game so anyone can listen. Kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole book.

good and lively

I really enjoyed this book. the narration was good and lively. wish you guys would do all the books!

next chapter always get better

starting slow and a bit confusing but as the progress the it is interesting. I sure i will listen it again

Worth listening for the performance alone!

First and foremost, this narrator was phenomenal. The voices were excellent, particularly for the Worgen. I would place this as my second favorite listening experience, next to Daniel Davis' reading of Star Wars: Darth Plagueis.

Knaak does an amazing job of delivering a great story that completely changed my opinions on Varian Wrynn. Also delivers on a great deal of the Alliance's political dynamic, which was great to experience.

For non-Warcraft fans, this is a great piece of literature, but it is not entirely standalone and, as with most WoW books, functions as an 'inbetween' story for the games.