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Queen of Blades (Starcraft) Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 2006

by Aaron Rosenberg (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 95 ratings
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Former marshal-turned-rebel Jim Raynor has broken away from the power-crazed Emperor Arcturus Mengsk. Enraged over Mengsk's betrayal of the powerful telepath, Sarah Kerrigan, to the ravenous Zerg, Raynor has lost all faith in his fellow humanity.

Yet, in the aftermath of Mengsk's treachery, Raynor is plagued by strange visions of Char -- a deadly, volcanic world haunted by horrifying alien creatures. As the nightmares grow in intensity, Raynor begins to suspect that they may not be figments of his imagination -- but a desperate form of telepathic contact. Convinced that the woman he loves is still alive, Raynor launches a hasty mission to rescue Kerrigan from Char. But deep beneath the planet's smoldering surface, Raynor finds a strange chrysalis...and is forced to watch in horror as a terrible, all-too-familiar entity rises from it.

Before him stands a creature of depthless malice and vengeance...

Sarah Kerrigan: the Zerg Queen of Blades.
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  1. Book 5 of 7
    StarCraft: Blizzard Legends
  2. Print length
    384 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Pocket Star
  5. Publication date
    June 1, 2006
  6. Dimensions
    4.19 x 1.4 x 6.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0743471334
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0743471336
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Star (June 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0743471334
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743471336
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 1.4 x 6.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 95 ratings

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Aaron Rosenberg

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Aaron Rosenberg is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of the DuckBob SF comedy series, the Relicant Chronicles epic fantasy series, the Dread Remora space-opera series, and—with David Niall Wilson—the O.C.L.T. occult thriller series. He's written tie-in novels (including the PsiPhi winner Collective Hindsight for Star Trek: SCE, the Daemon Gates trilogy for Warhammer, Tides of Darkness and (with Christie Golden) the Scribe-nominated Beyond the Dark Portal for World of WarCraft, Hunt and Run for Stargate: Atlantis, and Substitution Method and The Road Less Traveled for Eureka), children's books (including two original series, Pete and Penny's Pizza Puzzles and The S.T.E.M. Squad, and work for PowerPuff Girls and Transformers Animated), roleplaying games (including original games like Asylum and Spookshow, the Origins Award-winning Gamemastering Secrets, and work on The Supernatural Roleplaying Game, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and The Deryni Roleplaying Game), young adult novels (including the #1 bestseller 42: The Jackie Robinson Story, the Scribe-winning Bandslam: The Novel and two books for iCarly), short stories, webcomics, essays, and educational books. He has ranged from mystery to speculative fiction to drama to comedy, always with the same intent—to tell a good story. Aaron lives in New York with his family. You can follow him online at gryphonrose.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/gryphonrose, and on Twitter @gryphonrose.

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Janusz Lewandowski
5.0 out of 5 stars Should be called Starcraft: Son of Adun
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013
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This is a totally epic story, possibly the best of all StarCraft stories. It's titled Queen of Blades, and one could expect it to center on, describe and develop the personality of Kerrigan herself - and I find it to be false. The real deal is the description of how Raynor met and slowly befriended the Protoss, and how Tassadar changed himself from orthodox Conclave's follower to one of the greatest warriors in the history of the Universe, the Twilight Protoss, the Adun Reborn!

If you're interested in the Protoss backstory, this is a must-read. The beggining might not feel too interesting, as it's centered on meeting the Zerg and the relations between Raynor and Kerrigan - but after the Protoss appear it becomes more and more awesome.
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nomineZERO
5.0 out of 5 stars Quite good, though makes the story bit different
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2013
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I liked the book, but through this book the queen of blades appears as if her mind isn't really too much altered. While in the game, at least in SC2, Sarah appears as if she hadn't been able to control herself as the QoB.

Anyways. Still it's a very good read. I loved it.

Actually a spoiler: I loved the chance zeratul had all the time and not using it on purpouse.
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Kevie
5.0 out of 5 stars For any fans of Starcraft
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012
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I love the Starcraft universe, so I have read most of the books that are associated with Starcraft lore. The love story between Jim and Kerrigan is very interesting, as well as her development into the Queen of Blades. It's a good book to read before their other story book, Flash Point. There is a reason why the Queen of Blades is one of the most bad ass character in the gaming industry.
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Ryan Sanford Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2011
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Surprisingly good! I'm a SC fan to the core, but even I never expected to give anything more than 3 stars to a video game-inspired novel; let's be honest, they're just not usually that good.

The writing here is incredibly accessible (yes, `low brow'), but the descriptions are vivid and enjoyable and, most refreshingly of all, the characters are very complex, offering a depth that owes as much to the original creative dev. work at Blizzard as to Rosenberg's writing. These characters are the real driving force of the book, carrying the load of sometimes cheesey dialogue and fairly predictable plot movements.

Still, for any fan of the Starcraft universe this book will, I think, be impressive, and I for one am glad to see the Blizzard novels showing they can be more than B sci-fi, only appealing to rabid fanboys.
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Daniel
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for fans
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2015
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I loved this book. After playing Starcraft years ago as a child, this was a great depiction of the events that happened on Char during the Zerg episode in the first game. Some lines spoken in the game are in this book which gets points for nostalgia. Some of the details varied differently from the game but the book was great nonetheless.
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Carlos Pichardo
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Storyline
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2006
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It makes you understand the gaps you do not see in the game, for example, how did Raynor got together with Tassadar & how did Tassadar learned the ways of the Void...

Also, leads you to believe that there is still some human side in Kerrigan, despite her rebirth in the swarm... for she spared Raynor's life at one point...

From my point of view, I enjoyed the novel as much as I did the game... because it completes the story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars best book
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2011
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I'm not a big book fan but on occasion ill read them and this is one of my favorites. It's basically a repeat of a couple missions in the first game but a lot more in depth and I liked the descriptions the author gave all aspects of the book. A+ book
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Some guy on the net
2.0 out of 5 stars Not so good
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2012
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Full disclosure: I went in with low expectations. I just expected a fun stuff-that-was-offscreen story, but instead I got this really drawn out retelling of the zerg campaign of the original starcraft in a dubious manner. Also, if consistency bothers you, one event from the dark templar trilogy by christie golden is slightly different than in this book.

The perspective is mostly through Jim Raynor, who somehow is always present at every event of the zerg campaign, and "narrowly escapes" hostile forces. Later on it's implied that Kerrigan tries to protect him from other zerg, but by that time it all just comes out as forced.

There's no real characterization, not even of the named characters in the starcraft games. Everyone is pretty bland and uninteresting: Raynor is a useless cowboy, Tassadar and Zeratul are bumbling idiots that arbitrarily become deeply attached friends to Raynor, and Kerrigan basically was forced to listen to bad nine inch nails remixes for a millenia.

Pass on this one, instead get Christie Golden's  Starcraft: Dark Templar #1--Firstborn: First Born Bk. 1 (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 1)  for a more enjoyable read in the starcraft canon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2017
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Excellent product.
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Tom
5.0 out of 5 stars Echt zu empfehlen!
Reviewed in Germany on September 22, 2010
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Mir hat das Buch wirklich gut gefallen, ein absolutes muss wenn man die Vorgeschichte zu Starcraft 2 besser verstehen will. Das Englisch ist ziemlich einfach'.Schulenglisch reicht vollkommen.
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Maxime Boulanger
5.0 out of 5 stars A interesting story
Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2020
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A really interesting story for any starcraft fan!
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Kostadin
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2016
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Recommended, very well written book and indeed the entire series is.
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Wukef
2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting
Reviewed in Canada on October 14, 2015
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The book should be called " the adventure of Jim Raynor"
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