Orcs: The Omnibus Edition (GollanczF.)
by:
Stan Nicholls (author)
Combining the acclaimed trilogy of books, Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder, and Warriors of the Tempest, plus a new short story previously only available in a small press anthology, this is the entire story of Stryke and his band of Orcs. Fantasy's bad guys finally get their own say in...
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Combining the acclaimed trilogy of books, Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder, and Warriors of the Tempest, plus a new short story previously only available in a small press anthology, this is the entire story of Stryke and his band of Orcs. Fantasy's bad guys finally get their own say in this fast moving, action-packed, tongue-in-cheek tale of Orc valour and human treachery.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780575074873 (0575074876)
ASIN: 0575074876
Publish date: 2004
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 688
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Epic Fantasy,
High Fantasy,
Anthologies,
Adult,
War,
Collections,
Fiction
Borrowed from library, but ran out of time to read due to life.Looked interesting though, might borrow it again :)
Okay, so perhaps reading this after The Brothers Karamazov wasn't a good idea, but I do usually like to read something light and genre after something more meaty. Not in this case. I was expecting something a little more humourous and parodic, but this book seemed to take itself very seriously, whil...
Yeah, not into unicorn horn dildo orc porn. Try again.
I somehow made it to the end but I need not have bothered.
I wanted to like this book more then I did. I probably would have enjoyed it a lot more except the blood and gore was really, really present. And overwhelming at times. I skipped several pages of battles, and even so felt the gore could have been toned down.
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