He suspected that this service honoring the fallen would be the most difficult he had endured in his relatively short life not just for the other mourners but for himself it would be held in the shadow of his father’s empty tomb.Īnduin had attended far, far too many ceremonies honoring the casualties of war. He watched them silently as they arrived, moved to see them, loath to speak to them. Anduin Wrynn, king of Stormwind, stood a few steps back from the podium where he soon would be addressing mourners of all the Alliance races.

Rain fell on the somber throngs making their way to Lion’s Rest as if even the sky wept for those who had sacrificed their lives to defeat the Burning Legion. “This is easily the best book in the World of Warcraft series, and I don’t say that lightly. As Alliance and Horde alike grasp for the Azerite’s power, their simmering conflict threatens to reignite all-out war-a war that would spell doom for Azeroth. But there are truths that neither side is willing to accept and ambitions they are loath to relinquish. But, as ever, the Dark Lady has her own machinations.įor peace to be possible, generations of bloodshed and hatred must be brought to an end. Azerite jeopardizes the balance of power, and so Anduin must gain the trust of Sylvanas. In the right hands, this strange golden substance is capable of incredible feats of creation in the wrong ones, it could bring forth unthinkable destruction.Īs Alliance and Horde forces race to uncover the secrets of Azerite and heal the wounded world, Anduin enacts a desperate plan aimed at forging a lasting peace between the factions. Azeroth’s devastating wound has revealed a mysterious material known as Azerite.

There is a mortal wound in the heart of Azeroth, struck by the sword of the fallen titan Sargeras in a final act of cruelty.įor Anduin Wrynn, king of Stormwind, and Sylvanas Windrunner, warchief of the Horde and queen of the Forsaken, there is little time to rebuild what remains and even less to mourn what was lost. The Horde and the Alliance defeated the demonic Burning Legion, but a dire catastrophe is unfolding deep below the surface of the world.

An all-new, official prequel novel to The Battle for Azeroth, Blizzard Entertainment’s next expansion to the critically acclaimed World of Warcraft videogame.

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