est . ▁The ▁books ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁conflicts ▁between ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁or cs ▁and ▁humans , ▁but ▁through ▁the ▁un con vent ional ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁or cs . ▁The ▁tr il ogy , ▁first ▁printed ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁by ▁Victor ▁G oll an cz ▁Ltd , ▁has ▁become ▁international ▁best s eller , ▁with ▁over ▁one ▁million ▁copies ▁sold ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁books , ▁Body guard ▁of ▁Light ning ▁and ▁Leg ion ▁of ▁Th under , ▁received ▁Best ▁Nov el ▁nomin ations ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁British ▁Fant asy ▁Awards . ▁The ▁sequ el ▁of ▁Or cs : ▁First ▁Blood ▁is ▁Or cs : ▁Bad ▁Blood , ▁which ▁includes ▁Bad ▁Blood : ▁We ap ons ▁of ▁Mag ical ▁Dest ruction , ▁Bad ▁Blood : ▁Army ▁of ▁Sh adows ▁and ▁Bad ▁Blood : ▁In fer no . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁release ▁ ▁Ask ed ▁why ▁he ▁has ▁written ▁about ▁or cs , ▁Nich oll s ▁has ▁answered ▁with ▁" When ▁I ▁was ▁thinking ▁of ▁writing ▁about ▁or cs , ▁my ▁mind ▁turned ▁to ▁the ▁well ▁known ▁ad age ▁about ▁how ▁it ’ s ▁w inners ▁who ▁write ▁the ▁history ▁books . ▁Or cs ▁have ▁featured ▁in ▁European ▁fol kl ore ▁for ▁hundreds ▁of ▁years , ▁and ▁they ’ ve ▁po pped ▁up ▁in ▁various ▁works ▁of ▁fiction ▁from ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ." ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁volume , ▁Body guard ▁of ▁Light ning , ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁in ▁February ▁