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REVIEW

74 // World of Warcraft Community Magazine

RISE OF THE LICH KING
BOOK REVIEW

By Doug Reynolds

In November of 2008 Blizzard released their eagerly awaited second expansion The Wrath Of The Lich
King, this pitted our warriors against Arthas Of Menethil, now the bitter and twisted Lich King.

C

hristie Golden picked up

franchise needs to have hated

and in an important family. The

the reigns and wrote the

and loved in equal measure.

first War comes to his home and

accompanying book to chronicle the
rise to power of Arthas the Lich King.
Arthas is one of those
characters that every decent

I picked this book up as I am a

we find out our first historical

massive fan of Wrath Of The Lich

chunk of information about this

King and it continues to be my

world. It passes Arthas by really

favourite expansion of World Of

as he is more concerned with a

Warcraft. I was dying to

new foal that has been born to

get more information

the Royal Stables that the young

on the background

Prince names Invincible.

of Arthas and why he

We are also introduced to two

turned into the King

important characters in the Warcraft

of the frozen wastes.

Universe and even more important

It has to be said

characters to Arthas himself, the

that I already know

Mage Jaina Proudmoore and The

what happens and

Paladin Uther Lightbringer.

why it happens.
This book like

THE BRIGHT LADY
The second part of the

all good stories can

book details an Arthas who

be broken down into

has turned into a man, and the

3 distinct parts -

relationship between Arthas

THE GOLDEN BOY
The first part of

and Jaina Proudmoore.
I actually liked already knowing

this book really deals
with a young Arthas,

segment of the book really stand

a boy growing up with

out, Arthas is faced with impossible

an important Father
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the story’s end as it made this

decisions all the while trying to