Orcs First Blood: Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder, Warriors of the Tempest

By: Stan Nicholls

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Synopsis: Three novels: bodyguard of lightning; legion of thunder; and warriors of the tempest; whose heroes are orcs and whose villains are humans. Peace seldom reigned unopposed in Maras-Dantia. In a land of many races, conflict was inevitable. But there had always been a measure of tolerance...until a new race spilled into our land, shattering the balance. They were called humans.... And with their contempt for the cultures they encountered-that of dwarf and elf, goblin and dragon and all the others-they brought destruction, raping the land of its resources, bleeding it of its magic. Soon war erupted, and now we ores are never far from the eye of the storm. One of the few elder races who do not possess magic, we make up for the lack with a ferocious lust for warfare. And though humans look on us with hatred and fear, calling us monsters and slaying us like beasts in the fields, we are the champions-the creatures destined to win peace for all. My name is Stryke. I have led my warband through fire and blood. I have fought for our queen, Jennesta, in wars that tore our land apart. Under threat of a slow and painful death, I have sought the five magical artifacts of power she craved and killed more humans than I can remember. Yet there is another way; I have seen the future in my dreams. The five stars are the answer, and though humans hunt us down and Jennesta turn my own kind against me, I will find them. I must, for a war is coming that will take us all....