With the Burning Legion defeated, Azeroth is wounded, and a powerful new substance, Azerite, is surfacing in Silithus. Anduin Wrynn, now High King of the Alliance, believes he can reach Sylvanas Windrunner, warchief of the Horde, and arranges a meeting. Sylvanas has her own plans for Azerite and for the future of her Forsaken.
What this adds if you've played the games
Battle for Azeroth opens with a war, and this is the run-up to it. Anduin's attempt at peace and Sylvanas's thinking about death and the Forsaken start here and drive the whole expansion, along with a few faces it keeps coming back to. It has the best Anduin and Sylvanas scenes in any book. Read it between Legion and Battle for Azeroth; much of the expansion assumes you know it.
Where it fits
- Read afterWorld of Warcraft: Legion
Starts right after Legion's final battle and gives away how it ended. Play Legion first.
- Read beforeWorld of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
Leads straight into Battle for Azeroth's opening war. Read it just before the expansion.
Editions
Del Rey paperback
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