Orcs: First Blood

4 total works

Warriors of the Tempest

by Stan Nicholls

Published 1 September 1999

War is drowning Maras Dantia. Stryke and his warband have recovered the five instrumentalities but now they must work out how to use them while there is still a world to save. And in the meantime they are being hunted from every corner and the three sisters are close to forming an unholy alliance that will overturn history. Full of action, with a pace that never lets up and a tongue firmly placed in cheek Stan Nicholl's epic trilogy nevertheless manages to hit home hard about religion, the way we treat the natural world, how we see those who are different from us. Praised by all the reviewers and by writers as diverse as David Gemmell and Tad Williams it is a major achievement in the genre.

Bodyguard of Lightning

by Stan Nicholls

Published 11 March 1999

An epic and bloody fantasy told from the perspective of fantasy's traditional enemy. The 1st in a sweeping new fantasy epic that tells the story of fantasy's traditional enemy for the 1st time. For Stryke and his fellow orcs the arrival of man has seen the end of their world. But now it is time for Stryke and his fellow orcs the arrival of man has seen the end of their world. But now it is time for Stryke and his fellow Orcs the arrival of man has seen the end of their world. But now it is time for Stryke and his warband to take control of their destiny and fight for a future for them and all Orcs. Stryke, his 2 sargeants, the dwarf Jup and the rest of his warband embark on a quest for the 5 pieces of an artefact that will overturn the world, and open a gate to new worlds. Fighting for a master they do not trust, hated by all, the Orcs must rely on all their bravery and natural toughness.

Legion of Thunder

by Stan Nicholls

Published 21 October 1999

War is throwing the land of Maras Dantia into chaos. As the armies gather and the magic leaks away from the land Stryke and his warband of orcs are on the run from everyone; from the orcs that Jennasta has sent after them and from the humans who will kill any orc on sight. Stryke's quest for the artifacts that will secure the destiny of the orcs and, if they but knew it, all the races old and new in Maras Dantia, has never been more urgent and more difficult. As the net closes in and his troopers fall one by one to foes that even they never imagined in their worst dreams, time is running out for Stryke, for all orcs and for Maras Dantia.

Orcs

by Stan Nicholls

Published 12 August 2004

The international bestselling trilogy now repackaged and complete with new material

Combining the acclaimed trilogy of books, BODYGUARD OF LIGHTNING, LEGION OF THUNDER and WARRIORS OF THE TEMPEST, plus a new short story previously only available in a small press anthology, this is the entire story of Stryke and his band of Orcs.

Fantasy's bad guys finally get their own say in this fast-moving, action-packed, tongue-in-cheek tale of Orc valour and human treachery.