The Iron Wolves
Book 1 of The Rage of Kings
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3.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Thirty years ago, the Iron Wolves held back mud-orc hordes at the Pass of Splintered Bones, and led a brutal charge that saw the sorcerer Morkagoth slain. This ended the War of Zakora, and made the Iron Wolves heroes.
Now, a new terror stalks the realm. In hushed whispers, it is claimed the Horse Lady, Orlana the Changer, has escaped from the Chaos Halls and is building an army, twisting horses, lions and bears into terrible, bloody hunters, summoning mud-orcs from then slime and heading north to Vagandrak where, it said, the noble King Yoon has gone insane...
After hearing a prophecy from a blind seer, aged General Dalgoran searches to reunite the heroes of old for what he believes will be the final battle. But as mud-orcs and twisted beasts tear through the land, Dalgoran discovers the Iron Wolves are no longer heroes of legend... Narnok is a violent whoremaster, Kiki a honey-leaf drug peddler, and Prince Zastarte a drinker, a gambler, amoral and decadent: now he likes to hear people scream as they burn...
United in hate, the Iron Wolves travel to the Pass of Splintered Bones; and as half a million mud-orcs gather, General Dalgoran realises his grave error. Together, the Iron Wolves hold a terrible secret which has tortured them for three decades. Now, they only wish to be human again...
File Under: Fantasy
Customer Reviews
Not a like able character in the bunch
168 pages in and I'm hard pressed to find a reason to continue. Nasty, spiteful characters without any redeeming qualities lurch across the pages while the writer apparently tries to conceive new and appalling ways to kill them. ...all while using the same adjectives and adverbs to describe each fight and viscous death.
I've got no issue with violence and betrayal in the stories I read, if said stories are well written. Instead, I feel betrayed that this drek ever came to light on printed page.