Night of the Dragon

By: Richard A. Knaak

Night of the dragon is a novel set in the World of Warcraft universe, specifically right before The Wrath of the Lich King.

Plot: Grim Batol is once again the source of some dark deeds.  Sinestra (the consort to Deathwing) has imprisoned a nether dragon, Zzeraku, and is channeling the dragon's energy into corrupting dragon eggs, and creating the first Twilight Dragon.

Krasus, determined this time to confront the evil himself, but he is not alone.  Iridi, a Draenei from Outland, travels to Grim Batol to stop the evil as well.  Once again the cursed place is drawing all the heroes from the first book back for another round.

Now all at war begins as Krasus, Varessa, Iridi, Rhonin, and the Blue dragon Kalec, with an army of raptors square off against Sinestra, Varessa's despicable brother Zendarin, and a legion of Skardyn for the fate of Azeroth.  Little do they realize that the twilight dragon Dargonax, has plans of his own...

Review:  This is an once again an epic tale, with all the trimmings to make a good fantasy tale.  The only problem is that this was already done in Day of the Dragon, and is starting to get old.  So it's Deathwing's consort, instead of Deathwing?  Whoopee!  It's still Grim Batol, and the characters are pretty much the same.  Is it worth a read?  Sure.  But I highly recommend not reading this novel right after reading the first.  The Day really outshines The Night in this series.

Discussion:  After reading the two novels consecutively, I find that Day of the Dragon is a far superior tale to the sequel.  The second novel seems like an afterthought.  Which of the two novels is your favorite?