Weapons of Magical Destruction
core novel 2008 Orcs
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.67 (1,232 ratings, collected 2026-10-29) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575078048 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Years after the quest for the five instrumentalities, the ancient artefacts that together open a gateway between worlds, Stryke and the Wolverines have settled on Ceragan, an orc world far from the corrupted land of Maras-Dantia. Peace leaves the warband restless and without purpose, and the news that the sorceress Jennesta, their old tormentor, is still alive and hunting the artefacts so that she can rule every world gives them a reason to fight again. Using the instrumentalities, the band crosses to Acurial, a lush world whose native orcs are cruelly kept down by their conquerors, and the struggle to save the orc race from humans and sorceress alike moves across the dimensions.
Where it sits
- Universe: Orcs
- Series: Orcs: Bad Blood core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Stan Nicholls
Notes
- Published in the United States as Orcs: Bad Blood.
- From the series record (Orcs: Bad Blood): Second trilogy, Gollancz, 2008 to 2011, continuing with the same warband.
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: Bad Blood: position 1 of 3: next Army of Shadows (2009)
- Internal chronology, within Orcs: position 2 of 6: previous Bodyguard of Lightning (1999) · next Legion of Thunder (1999)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Stan Nicholls
- Amazon: Orcs Bad Blood I: Weapons of Magical Destruction (Gollancz hardcover)
- SFF Chronicles: review of Orcs: Bad Blood
- Audible: Stan Nicholls author page (Orcs: Army of Shadows description)
- AddALL: Stan Nicholls books in order
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