title: Day of the Dragon (WarCraft, Book 1) (No.1)
author:  Richard A. Knaak 
description: Richard A. Knaak is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of some three dozen novels, including the <i>The Sin War</i> trilogy for <i>Diablo</i> and the <i>Legend of Huma</i> for <i>Dragonlance</i>. He has penned the <i>War of the Ancients</i> trilogy, <i>Day of the Dragon</i> and its upcoming followup, <i>Night of the Dragon</i>. His other works include his own <i>Dragonrealm</i> series, the <i>Minotaur Wars</i> for <i>Dragonlance</i>, the <i>Aquilonia</i> trilogy of the Age of Conan, and the <i>Sunwell Trilogy</i>the first Warcraft manga. In addition, his novels and short stories have been published worldwide in such diverse places as China, Iceland, the Czech Republic, and Brazil.
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  **Arms of the Kraken**
  
  
  **The Iron Throne Saga**
  
  
  **Part Three**
  
  
  **George R. R. Martin**
  
  
  Arms of the Kraken
  
  
  A Bantam Spectra Book
  
  
  PUBLISHING HISTORY
  
  
  First four chapters in Issue #305 of Dragon magazine
  
  
  Part of the novel A Feast for Crows, published 2005
  
  
  Part of the novel A Dance with Dragons, published 2011
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Copyright © 2005 by George R. R. Martin
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
  means, electronic or
  
  
  mechanical, inclusing photocopying, recording, or by any information storage
  and retreival system,
  
  
  without permission in writing from the publisher.
  
  
  978-0-007-36921-8
  
  
  _this one is for Yara_
  
  
  **ONE**
  
  
  The prophet was drowning men on Great Wyk when they came to tell him that the
  king was dead.
  
  
  It was a bleak, cold morning, and the sea was as leaden as the sky. The first
  three men had offered
  
  
  their lives to the Drowned God