Golden, Christie

Traces the downfall of beloved peacekeeper Jaina Proudmoore who is pushed to a breaking point by an inconceivable horror that changes her in irrevocable, ethics-testing ways.

Thrall, an orc shaman, discovers that the elementals on Azeroth no longer heed the call of shamans and struggles to protect his troubled people; meanwhile, King Varian Wrynn ofStormwind risks alienating his allies and son while he ponders a violent response to the increasing tension that exists between the Alliance and the Horde.

A precarious alliance between the Jedi and the Sith is compromised by a strange being that reaches out to Luke, interference from the Hutt family, and conflicting edicts by the Galactic Alliance.