I just started reading this last night and I’m about half way through (it’s a rather short story) and can I just say how much I freaking LOVE Orcs?

I just finished reading Rise of the Horde about 2 days ago too and it was just amazing. There was so much emotion throughout the book and it also gave me a new-found sympathy towards to Draenei.

Before reading Rise of the Horde, I literally knew nothing of the Draenei, so it was also really interesting to learn more about not only the Orcs, but the Draenei, Kel’jaeden, Ner’zhul, Gul’dan and a brief introduction to Medivh. Now, I know you’re all thinking “Well BC was based around all of that”, I honestly paid zero attention to any of the lore or the raid bosses. During BC, I was far more in to the social aspect of the game, rather than the actual game itself. I wish now I was more interested in the lore back then! 

If you love Warcraft and the lore, I highly recommend reading the novels. I’m only on my 3rd out of the 17 novels there are and all three so far have been Orc related. I read them all pretty jumbled up too, I read Lord of the Clans first, which is Thralls story, then I read Rise of the Horde which is Thrall’s father; Durotan’s story and now I’m reading Of Blood and Honor which is after the First and Second War, around the time of Thrall’s escape from Durnholde (you all know the instance, CoT: Escape from Durnholde!)