title: World of Warcraft: Arthas - Rise of the Lich King
author:  Christie Golden 
description: <i>New York Times</i> bestselling and award-winning author <b>Christie Golden</b> has written more than thirty novels and several short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Visit her website at: ChristieGolden.com.
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  ## A WARHAMMER NOVEL
  
  
  # Shadowbreed
  
  
  ## Konrad - 02
  
  
  ## David Ferring
  
  
  ## (An Undead Scan v1.0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  _**This is a dark age, a bloody age, an age of daemons and of sorcery. It is
  an
  
  
  age of battle and death, and of the worlds ending. Amidst all of the fire,
  flame
  
  
  and fury it is a time, too, of mighty heroes, of bold deeds and great
  courage.**_
  
  
  
  
  
  _**At the heart of the Old World sprawls the Empire, the largest and most
  powerful
  
  
  of the human realms. Known for its engineers, sorcerers, traders and soldiers,
  it
  
  
  is a land of great mountains, mighty rivers, dark forests and vast cities. And
  
  
  from his throne in Altdorf reigns the Emperor Karl-Franz, sacred descendant of
  
  
  the founder of these lands, Sigmar, and wielder of his magical warhammer.**_
  
  
  
  
  
  _**But these are far from civilised times. Across the length and breadth of
  the
  
  
  Old World, from the knightly palaces of Bretonnia to ice-bound Kislev in the
  far
  
  
  north, come rumbli