What is the price of peace? Assassins circle as Anduin reads a letter from his father, King Varian, and ponders the responsibilities of leadership. The young prince must face his fears and decide if he can defend Azeroth and keep true to his beliefs.

What is the price of peace? Assassins circle as Anduin reads a letter from his father, King Varian, and ponders the responsibilities of leadership. The young prince must face his fears and decide if he can defend Azeroth and keep true to his beliefs.

Deep within the night elven city of Suramar, home of the nightborne, the orc warlock Gulêdan issues a terrifying ultimatum: surrender the Nightwell, the source of their power, or see their homeland destroyed beneath the heel of the Burning Legion. As evil descends, the grand magistrix must decide whether to trust her enemy or risk all to stand strong.

As the Burning Legion advances across the land, tauren chieftains gather for a momentous summit. An ancient artifact, the mystic Hammer of Khazêgoroth, may hold the power to protect their territory, but will its magic corrupt all who touch it?

An all-new, official prequel novel to The Battle for Azeroth, Blizzard Entertainment's next expansion to the critically acclaimed World of Warcraft.In Before the Storm, Anduin Wrynn, king of Stormwind, and Sylvanas Windrunner, warchief of the Horde, are new to their positions of power, both ascending before they were truly prepared. As the Alliance and the Horde struggle to recover from the devastating war with the demonic Burning Legion, a terrible discovery will test both leaders, threatening to reignite the bitter enmity between their factions and shake the very foundations of the world of Azeroth.

Enter and explore the World of Warcraft with this ultimate visual guide World of Warcraft: The Ultimate Visual Guidereveals the realm of Azeroth, exploring the fantasy universe of the world's most popular online role-playing game.

One hundred million people have played World of Warcraft in the 12 years since its inception. Those people did more than play; they worked, they fought, they triumphed, they held entire game servers hostage, they even married each other in real life. They developed new identities, swapping their workaday selves for warriors, mages, assassins, and healers. Blood Plagues and Endless Raids explores a wild, incredibly complex culture partly through the author's engaging personal story but also through the stories of other players and developers. It represents the definitive (and only) account of one of the world's biggest pop culture phenomena.