Orcs: Bad Blood: 1 - Softcover

Nicholls, Stan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316033693 ISBN 13: 9780316033695

Publisher: Orbit, 2009

Synopsis

Stryke and his band of warriors return in the first part of a brand-new Orcs adventure!

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 this title

Book Description:

Fantasy's favourite anti-heroes are back with a new bestselling series!

From the Back Cover:

Trapped on an island world, surrounded by enemies - zombie and, worse, human - the Orc warband THE WOLVERINES is in trouble. Again. The evil sorceress Jennesta has sent her troops against them, and kidnapped Stryke's mate into the bargain. With her magic the sorceress can simply vanish, leaving the orcs trapped in a battle they can't win.

But there is another option - the stars, magical devices that allow their holders to jump between parallel realities. As the Wolverines chase their enemy across the universe, desperately trying to foil her plans and rescue their leader's loved one, they will find themselves in battle on worlds they could never have imagined. They will meet new friends and old allies, and their martial prowess will be tested by incredible creatures and evil foes.

And in the end they will come to their final conflict, uncertain of who to trust and how to win, sure of only one thing. They are Orcs. And they will fight.

Praise for Orcs:

'Fast, dirty, very funny and often surreal' Guardian

'Wall to wall action' David Gemmell

'High fantasy for readers who like their heroes ugly' Jon Courtenay Grimwood

www.stannicholls.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbit
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0316033693
• ISBN 13: 9780316033695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352