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  • World of Warcraft: The Shattering

  • Prelude to Cataclysm
  • By: Christie Golden
  • Narrated by: Christie Golden
  • Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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World of Warcraft: The Shattering

By: Christie Golden
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Summary

Thrall, wise shaman and the warchief of the Horde, has sensed a disturbing change . . .

Long ago, Azeroth’s destructive native elementals raged across the world until the benevolent titans imprisoned them within the Elemental Plane. Despite the titans’ intervention, many elementals have ended up back on Azeroth. Over the ages, shaman like Thrall have communed with these spirits and, through patience and dedication, learned to soothe roaring infernos, bring rain to sun-scorched lands, and otherwise temper the elementals’ ruinous influence on the world of Azeroth.

Now Thrall has discovered that the elementals no longer heed the shaman’s call. The link shared with these spirits has grown thin and frayed, as if Azeroth itself were under great duress. While Thrall seeks answers to what ails the confused elements, he also wrestles with the orcs’ precarious future as his people face dwindling supplies and growing hostility with their night elf neighbors.

Meanwhile, King Varian Wrynn of Stormwind is considering violent action in response to mounting tensions between the Alliance and the Horde, a hard-line approach that threatens to alienate those closest to him, including his son, Anduin. The conflicted young prince has set out to find his own path, but in doing so, he risks becoming entangled in political instability that is setting the world on edge.

The fate of Azeroth’s great races is shrouded in a fog of uncertainty, and the erratic behavior of the elemental spirits, troubling though it is, may only be the first ominous warning sign of the cataclysm to come.

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Just an amazing audiobook! Great story, perfect reading and overall a pleasant experience. Highly recommend.

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Great book, not that great narrator

The story really enjoyed. Really fleshed out the pre cataclysm event that launched and gave some backstory to garrosh, making him atleast a little bit more of a nuanced character.

Christie had enough variation to make some very minor distinctions betwen characters but not enough to pull me in to the story like some of the great voice actors can. She was good enough tho that she didint ruin the story.

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Reliving an awesome story from a mediocre expansion

The Shattering was one of the first Warcraft Novels I ever bought, and to this day I love the story and settings. The narration was amazing and beautifully read!

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