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The Orcs are coming!

The D&D player in me is looking forward to checking out Stan Nicholl’s new novel “Orcs,” due this September from Orbit Books. Check it out:

“Look at me.  Look at the Orc.”

“There is fear and hatred in your eyes.  To you I am a monster, a skulker in the shadows, a fiend to scare your children with.  A creature to be hunted down and slaughtered like a beast in the fields.

It is time you pay heed to the beast.  And see the beast in yourself.  I have your fear.  But I have earned your respect.

Hear my story.  Feel the flow of blood and be thankful.  Thankful that it was me, not you, who bore the sword.  Thankful to the orcs; born to fight, destined to win peace for all.”

Told from the viewpoint of the Orcs, this book will change the way you feel about fantasy’s bad guys forever.

Visit the official site here! You can even download and install fancy “orc mail” widgets, too.

August 1, 2008 - Posted by Matt Staggs | Flotsam and Jetsam | , , , | 2 Comments

2 Comments »

  1. That looks so awesome! I’ll have to read it.

    Comment by Andrew | August 1, 2008 | Reply

  2. I believe I have an older UK version of this with a Tad Williams cover quote. I have not read it yet, but I hear that it is quite clever.

    Comment by R. Schuyler Devin | August 4, 2008 | Reply


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