Bodyguard of Lightning
core novel 1999 Orcs
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.43 (1,186 ratings, collected 2026-10-29) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781857985573 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In the land of Maras-Dantia the coming of humans has brought war and the draining of the land’s magic, and the orcs and the other elder races face the end of their world. Stryke, captain of the Wolverines, a warband of orcs joined by a single dwarf, Jup, decides it is time for his band to take control of its own destiny. With his sergeants and the rest of the Wolverines he sets out to find the five scattered pieces of an ancient artefact said to be able to overturn the world and open a gate to new ones. The novel tells its story from the point of view of fantasy’s traditional enemy.
Where it sits
- Universe: Orcs
- Series: Orcs: First Blood core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Stan Nicholls
Notes
- From the series record (Orcs: First Blood): First trilogy, Gollancz, 1999 to 2000.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Orcs: First Blood: position 1 of 3: next Legion of Thunder (1999)
- Internal chronology, within Orcs: position 1 of 6: next Weapons of Magical Destruction (2008)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Orcs: First Blood
- AbeBooks: Bodyguard of Lightning, Orion/Millennium 1999 first edition
- Google Books: Bodyguard of Lightning (Millennium, 1999)
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