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 forging the orc clans into an single, unstoppable juggernaut of hatred and destruction.

Christie Golden is the award-winning author of twenty-eight novels and over a dozen short stories in the fields of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Her media tie-in works include launching the Ravenloft line in 1991 with Vampire of the Mists, which introduced readers to elven vampire Jander Sunstar and will be reprinted in 2006, over a dozen Star Trek novels, including Voyager fiction set after the TV series, and the Warcraft novel Lord of the Clans. Original fiction includes the Dancers series from Luna Books, On Fire's Wings, reissued in mass market paperback in 2006, and In Stone's Clasp. Reders are invited to visit here website at www.christiegolden.com. And yes, she does play World of Warcraft.