Orcs
"Look at me. Look at the Orc.""There is fear and hatred in your eyes. To you I am a monster, a skulker in the shadows, a fiend to scare your children with. A creature to be hunted down and slaughtered like a beast in the fields.
It is time you pay heed to the beast. And see the beast in yourself. I have your fear. But I have earned your respect.
Hear my story. Feel the flow of blood and be thankful. Thankful that it was me, not you, who bore the sword. Thankful to the orcs; born to fight, destined to win peace for all."
This book will change the way you feel about Orcs forever.
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. This shelf-bending omnibus comprises the first U.S. release of Nicholls's Orcs trilogy (Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest), originally published in the U.K. in 1999 and 2000. When a warband of orcs run afoul of their tyrannical mistress on a mission to retrieve an invaluable artifact, they set in motion a series of cataclysmic events that could free their race from long-standing persecution or obliterate them from the realm forever. Pursued by an irate sorceress, ruthless bounty hunters and two vengeance-obsessed armies, Captain Stryke and his misfit band of mercenary orcs embark on a desperate quest to find a set of ancient "instrumentalities" that could save them and their magic-filled world from destruction at the hands of human interlopers. With grand scale world building, labyrinthine plotlines, extensive backstory and pedal-to-the-metal action, Nicholls captures adventure fantasy at its very best. This edition-which also includes a short story entitled "The Taking" (a prequel to the three novels), and an in-depth author interview-will be a cult classic with quest fantasy fans on both sides of the Pond.
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About the Author
Stan Nicholls is the author of more than two dozen books, most of them in the fantasy and science fiction genres, for both children and adults. His books have been published in over 20 countries. Before taking up writing full-time in 1981, he co-owned and managed
Customer Reviews
Ladyboys in orcs' clothing
The point of writing a book starring orcs is to show that, from their point of view (alien though it be from that of humans), they're not the evil ones, and gain the reader's sympathy for those creatures that orcs are. The point is not to redefine them as overly sensitive environmentalists with a rich culture and bursting hearts, and show them sharing feelings over cups of chamomile tea.
Ignoring this missed promise, obvious plot holes, and the flattish characters, the major problem is the apologetic prose. The word "luckily" appears every page or two. Luck, luckily, just barely, saves the day again!
On the plus side, the pacing is good. I felt like reading a dumb fantasy book, and that's what I got. So I finished it! I admit I started scanning past the tensionless battle scenes though.
Teen/MA rating
I love the book sofar.
Some content is explicit but not in a cheesey love story way.
Shows how evil Evil can be, You really hate the bad-guys.
Littered with humor in all the right spots when the story line supports it.
The content fits well together in the progression, nothing seems out of place.
Entertaining Read...
I enjoyed reading this trilogy. It was the first time I've ever read a fantasy trilogy. I'm sure there are better and worse, but I was entertained. I have already pre-ordered Mr. Nicholls' upcoming continuation of the Orc story due out next year.
As a sidelight, I think the cover photo is excellent. I found information on the creator, Tom Lauten, of the bust online, but the photographer, Geoff Spear, really did a fantastic job of photographing it.
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