The aging orc shaman Ner'zhul has seized control of the Horde and reopened the Dark Portal. His brutal warriors once again encroach upon Azeroth, laying siege to the newly constructed stronghold of Nethergarde Keep. There, the archmage Khadgar and the Alliance commander, Turalyon, lead humanity and its elven and dwarven allies in fighting this new invasion.

Even so, disturbing questions arise. Khadgar learns of orcish incursions farther abroad: small groups of orcs who seem to pursue a goal other than simple conquest. Worse yet, black dragons have been sighted as well, and they appear to...

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The Atlantis team are stranded on a hostile world after triggering a booby trapped shuttle craft. But it's a trap Ronon Dex recognises, one he invented long before he met Colonel Sheppard's team, back when he was a Runner and a hunter of Wraith.

Keines der Völker in Blizzards populärem Onlinerollenspiel World of Warcraft hatte so viel Einfluss auf die Geschicke des WoW-Universums wie die Orcs. Ursprünglich lebte das stolze Kriegervolk in Eintracht mit den Draenei auf der idyllischen Welt Draenor. Doch dämonische Mächte hatten die Orcs dazu ausersehen, eine entscheidende Rolle in ihren finsteren Plänen zur Unterwerfung Azeroths zu spielen. Als Spielball ruchloser Dämonenlords brachten die Orcs Tod und Zerstörung über ihre eigene Welt und über die der Allianzvölker. Dies ist ihre Geschichte: DIE CHRONIKEN DES KRIEGES. Dieser...

DuckBob Spinowitz has a problem. It isn't the fact that he has the head of a duck-the abduction was years ago and he's learned to live with it. But now those same aliens are back, and they claim they need his help Apparently creatures from another reality are invading the universe, and only DuckBob can reset the device that maintains the barrier between dimensions. He reluctantly agrees to help, but how can a man whose only talents are bird calls and bad jokes, and whose only work experience is punching random buttons on a computer in a standard cubicle, be expected to save the universe? No...

R.C. Hayes has settled into his job with the FBI, and put behind him the strange incident that ended his military career. But when he and his partner are sent to the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana to look into a murder, events take an unsettling and eerily familiar turn. R.C. struggles to solve the case as deaths pile up around him and as the situation takes a decidedly unnatural cast. With the help of a mysterious new ally, he may finally come to terms with what happened to him long ago-and enter a strange new career he is uniquely suited for. Provided he can survive the incursion of...

Strange forces are moving through the trees . . . with murderous results. Can a haunted FBI agent stop them before they release an unstoppable entity that could destroy everyone and everything? R.C. Hayes has settled into his job with the FBI, and put behind him the strange incident that ended his military career. But when he and his partner are sent to the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana to look into a murder, events take an unsettling and eerily familiar turn. R.C. struggles to solve the case as deaths pile up around him and as the situation takes a decidedly unnatural cast. With the...

Aboard the former HMES Remora, now the pirate ship Dread Remora, Captain Nate Demming struggles to keep his crew focused on their mission. Tensions run high as they are forced to attack other ships to maintain their new identity, and a disgraced former officer's grumbling begins to border on mutinous-and to gain support. When the Dread Remora earns the attention of a peacekeeping force-ships performing the same job the HMES Remora might have under other circumstances-can Demming keep his ship safe from dangers without and within and find a way to salvage his honor and that of his crew? The...