In this way, the plot has different elements and tones to it than other books. Nicholls doesn’t make a big deal of telling a story through their eyes, then treat them just like human characters. I really got the sense that I was following gritty, warlike Orcs.
It is not told in the same way as a standard fantasy novel. I think that the plot has been adapted for the protagonists of our story. The plot is compulsive though, and makes you want to read on! Sure, it’s not an epic page turning thriller, but you’ll find your mind (and eyes) wandering back to the pages of the book. There’s a few major series of events the mani/uni civil war, the Wolverines and Jennesta herself. The plot of Orcs is fairly layered and complex, as there are many things going on at once we don’t simply follow the Wolverines from victory to victory! This isn’t a light read, although it is not difficult you need to keep the plot in mind and read actively so you don’t lose track of what is going on. Captain Stryke is having strange dreams, though. As their enemies mount up, things become a little more difficult, however. Under captain Stryke, the Wolverines decide they must garner four more of the artifact ‘stars’ to bargain their freedom. Sent to retrieve an artifact, the Orcs are delayed and Jennesta believes herself betrayed, so she sends a second warband to pursue them. The orcs also hate the humans for bringing advancement and technology to the land, and draining the magic of Maras Dantia (the world). They are set against the Unis (humans whom worship one god), their master being a ‘Mani’ (worshiping many gods).
Orcs is the story of the Wolverines, an Orc warband enslaved by an evil queen ‘Jennesta’. I’d reccommend this to anybody looking for a good read. This book caught my eye in Waterstones (I do most of my shopping in brick and mortar stores, not online), and turned out to be a really good novel.
We have no knight in shining armour, nor silver elven lord. Stan Nicholls’ ‘Orcs’ is a book that definitely strums a different string to most other fantasy books.
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