Orcs: Bad Blood

Name: Orcs: Bad Blood
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Stan Nicholls
ISBN: 9781400186884

Author: Stan Nicholls

Series: Orcs #1

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/02/2010

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic

Synopsis

When the Orcs discovered a world filled with their own kind, they thought they would live there till the end of their days. But the appearance of an unlikely ally will change everything.

This ally—a human—tells of the atrocities being visited upon Orcs back in the other world. He implores Stryke and his companions to come back so that they may save their kind from extinction and wreak vengeance upon the humans who've wronged them.

But can this human be trusted? Is he a rare friend to the Orc—or is he there to lure them back for their own personal annihilation?

About Stan Nicholls

Stan Nicholls is the author of more than two dozen books, most of them in the fantasy and science fiction genres, for both children and adults. His books have been published in over twenty countries. Before taking up writing full-time in 1981, he co-owned and managed West London bookstore Bookends and managed specialist SF bookshop Dark They Were and Golden Eyed. He was also Forbidden Planet's first manager, and he helped establish and run the New York branch. A journalist for national and specialist publications, as well as the Internet, he was the science fiction and fantasy book reviewer for London listings magazine Time Out for six years. He received the Le'Fantastique Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Literature in April 2007.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on July 05, 2023

A decent read. 3.5-stars. I like Strike. I don't like Haskeer. I have the other two books in the trilogy and will read them at some point.......more

Goodreads review by Lee on March 16, 2013

Two stars feels a little harsh, so blame Goodreads for not letting me use half stars. I couldn't in all honesty give it a three star rating. Weapons of Magical Destruction is the continuing story of Stryke and his merry band of Orcs. I have not read any of the other previous books and really have no......more

Goodreads review by Al on May 15, 2020

I remember reading this back in the day. It wasn't mind-blowing, but it was a lot of fun and nice to see the poor old orcs have their day in the sun.......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on December 25, 2015

It's definitely the "pedal to the medal action" that the quote on the cover claims. I found it to be so fast paced that I could only read it in small bursts or I would tire of the action sequences. That's not a bad thing, just not my thing. I felt like some plot was missing, or misconstrued from the......more

Goodreads review by Sven on July 14, 2023

3,5 Sterne, wenn das möglich wäre. An sich sehr spaßig und unterhaltsam. Allerdings haben mich paradoxerweise vor allem die Kampfsequenzen eher gelangweilt. Die Beschreibung von durchbohrten Bäuchen und abgehackten Gliedmaßen ist einmal "witzig", beim x-ten Mal aber generisch. Die Charaktere sind wi......more