Shadows Rising (World of Warcraft: Shadowlands)

Madeleine Roux

Jul 2020 · World of Warcraft Book 3 · Sold by Random House Worlds

About this ebook

An all-new official prequel novel to Shadowlands, the next expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s legendary online game World of Warcraft
 
“The Horde is nothing!” With those infamous words, Sylvanas Windrunner betrayed and abandoned the Horde she vowed to serve. The Dark Lady and her forces now work in the shadows as both the Horde and Alliance, including her own sister, Alleria, race to uncover her next move. Struggling to shoulder the crushing weight of leadership, King Anduin entrusts the void elf and High Exarch Turalyon to uncover Sylvanas’s whereabouts.
 
The Horde now stands at a crossroads. The various factions form a council, leaving the mantle of warchief to rest. Thrall, Lor’themar Theron, Baine Bloodhoof, First Arcanist Thalyssra, and many other familiar faces rise to this new challenge. But the threats are numerous, and the distrust runs too deep.
 
When the council is derailed by a failed assassination attempt on Talanji—the Zandalari queen and a key ally—Thrall and the rest of the Horde leaders are forced into action. They empower the young troll shaman Zekhan, still grieving the loss of Varok Saurfang, with a critical mission to aid Talanji and help uncover the rising threat against her.
 
Meanwhile, Nathanos Blightcaller and Sira Moonwarden have been tasked by the Dark Lady with a terrifying gambit: to kill the troll loa of death himself, Bwonsamdi.
 
As Zekhan and Talanji work to save Bwonsamdi, their journey will be a key turning point in bolstering the Horde against the coming darkness and finding themselves along the way. Failure to save their allies and the trickster god will surely doom them—but through success, they may rediscover what makes the Horde strong.

Ratings and reviews

Great book. The action scenes are very well written and I felt like I was right there in the action! Couldn't stop reading and zoomed right through the book! Has got me very intrigued and hyped for Shadowlands as well! Thanks for all the hard work and creativity that went into this book. If you are looking for it to bridge us into the Shadowlands, you will be disappointed, but it does allow us to get deeper into the Wow lore and characters that we love so much! Enjoyable from start to finish, would definitely recommend the read.

The flow of the story is incredibly exceptional. More noteworthy is the wonderful way the characters insights are captured and fleshed out, there definitely feels like there's some love and understanding going into this story. As always it was nice to see underutilised characters like Ji show up and have a role. I would recommend this novel above all other WoW novels honestly.

Fantastic, couldn't put it down. You really don't need to know much (or maybe anything at all!) about the universe to pick up this book and enjoy it, but as a huge lore nerd for WoW, there are so many references and easter eggs that Roux added that made this book even more fun!

About the author

Madeleine Roux is the New York Times bestselling author of the Asylum series, which has sold in eleven countries around the world. She is also the author of the House of Furies series, Salvaged, Traveler: The Shining Blade, and the Allison Hewitt Is Trapped series, and she has contributed to anthologies such as Resist, Scary Out There, and Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View.