The Orc of Many Questions The Tales of Many Orcs Book 1 eBook Shane Michael Murray
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Orcs don’t like questions. Everybody with a brain knows that. Orc tribes save their strength for fighting, not thinking. They survive by raiding the lands of weaker races, repeating it year after year to offer tribute to the masters of their mountain home.
Life on Firebrand Peak is short and nasty. Death comes quickly and the fallen are soon forgotten. Generations pass, yet the tribe remains brutally the same.
Until one little orc starts asking too many questions.
The Orc of Many Questions The Tales of Many Orcs Book 1 eBook Shane Michael Murray
This story was simply amazing. It's written like no other fantasy I've ever read. It's NOT the typical orc, elf, dragon, dungeons and dragons tale. Not even close, although there are orcs, elves, dragons, ogres and much more. There are incredible little subtales interwoven cleverly in the story. Tales of orc beginnings and of the creation of other life forms as well as why.In the middle of this incredible incredible fantasy is the young orc, called a blunc, Talking-Wind. That's not actually his name as bluncs don't get to have names until they become real Orcs (akin to a boy becoming a man). But his Fire Orc father calls him that, along with many other mocking nicknames. What's wonderful is that the author effectively shows underlying love as the source for Talking-Wind's constant beatings and harrowing escapes from what he thinks is death-by-father. His mother is a very dangerous and large Stone Orc. These creatures (most of them) no longer speak and such is the fate of all the Orcs as generations pass and they are forced against their nature to live in the mountains.
The little blunc is not like the other bluncs. The Orcs are fighters, with very few exceptions. These exceptions are the Ars and there is a Shape-Ar, a Remember-Ar, A Mend-Ar and such. Each season the mothers and fathers of the tribe go out to fight and plunder the humans, elves, dwarves and such and their only friends are the Giants. You find out what caused the great animosity of the races through the story. Either way, this little guy is all brains and not much fight. Him and his two best friends, one who suffers an awful fate, have hearts that are full of mercy. That mercy shines through when the Orc warriors return with a lone elf captive that is tortured through the night.
The Orcs pay tribute to the Giants and the Dragon. Basically they offer up gifts and food, and of course the dragon gets an orc-kabob. The Dragon likes to swing by and mess with the Orc's minds. She's awesome. She thinks its funny to drop flaming dragon poop on unsuspecting orcs. She also likes to shish-kabob them with spice and salt. And, she thinks our little blunc, Talking-Wind, smells DELICIOUS. Lucky for this constantly talking orc that he's so young. She gives him 3 more seasons to ripen and all orcs know that a dragon never forgets. Through some very interesting escapes, fights, killings (this was an awesome book!) Talking-Wind exacts some personal revenge while suffering at the hands of the dragon while she prepares for a fantasy creature feast.
It's the story of a blunc that questioned the world, his mind full of thoughts and ideas and unravelings. You live in the violent world of the orcs and you learn of their lifestyles and habits. As I followed the story I became so invested that at the last page I think my mouth literally dropped open. That couldn't be the end.
This is the first book I can remember reading where I came to the end and literally begged to the book gods that the author had already written book 2. He hasn't, but after looking into it I found that he plans to write it. THIS is the kind of story that I'd like to see in theater. I loved this. Wholly and completely loved this.
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The Orc of Many Questions The Tales of Many Orcs Book 1 eBook Shane Michael Murray Reviews
I got this book specifically because it seemed like it would have an unorthodox take on orcs, and I was not disappointed.
The story follows a young orc (a “blunc”) who unusually has a fairly sharp mind and a very inquisitive nature; not attributes that are looked on favorably in his tribe. Large, powerful orcs who can be successful in raids against the humans, elves, and dwarves of the world are the ideal, this being the only way that the orcs can procure food, weapons, goods, and “entertainment.” Talking-Wind wants to know why his people are stuck in this life of constant raiding, and even has some hints that life was not always like this for orcs, but he has more questions than answers, and little time to search for them. Talking-Wind’s curiosity draws unwanted attention not only from the other young orcs, who are all too happy to bully someone smaller and weaker, but also from the dragon that demands regular tribute from the orc clan. When the dragon comes for him, Talking-Wind needs all his wits in order to have a hope of surviving long enough to get all of his many questions answered!
This book was a lot grosser than I was expecting, which perhaps should not have surprised me given the subject of the story; there is some gore, but mainly a lot of unpleasant bodily functions! This does not detract from the story, but might be something to be aware of.
It also does a good job with starting to break down the standard fantasy trope of “orcs are evil because they are evil,” which has bothered me more and more in recent years. A certain well-known fantasy series that shall not be named recently doubled-down on this, after spending several books/years looking like they too might be reversing or at least questioning the trope, which annoyed me. Partly for that reason, I’ve been looking for stories that do better and don’t automatically go the route of saying that some races are actually evil by nature. To me, that makes for much less interesting villains/enemies. Easier to kill with a clean conscience, perhaps, but not much else.
There is a sequel which I have not gotten to yet, but do hope to read soon! I would recommend this one to anyone who is interested in a subversion of typical fantasy tropes, anyone who likes a very down-to-earth-complete-with-bodily-fluids type of story, or anyone who happens to be interested in orcs as a fantasy race.
This story was simply amazing. It's written like no other fantasy I've ever read. It's NOT the typical orc, elf, dragon, dungeons and dragons tale. Not even close, although there are orcs, elves, dragons, ogres and much more. There are incredible little subtales interwoven cleverly in the story. Tales of orc beginnings and of the creation of other life forms as well as why.
In the middle of this incredible incredible fantasy is the young orc, called a blunc, Talking-Wind. That's not actually his name as bluncs don't get to have names until they become real Orcs (akin to a boy becoming a man). But his Fire Orc father calls him that, along with many other mocking nicknames. What's wonderful is that the author effectively shows underlying love as the source for Talking-Wind's constant beatings and harrowing escapes from what he thinks is death-by-father. His mother is a very dangerous and large Stone Orc. These creatures (most of them) no longer speak and such is the fate of all the Orcs as generations pass and they are forced against their nature to live in the mountains.
The little blunc is not like the other bluncs. The Orcs are fighters, with very few exceptions. These exceptions are the Ars and there is a Shape-Ar, a Remember-Ar, A Mend-Ar and such. Each season the mothers and fathers of the tribe go out to fight and plunder the humans, elves, dwarves and such and their only friends are the Giants. You find out what caused the great animosity of the races through the story. Either way, this little guy is all brains and not much fight. Him and his two best friends, one who suffers an awful fate, have hearts that are full of mercy. That mercy shines through when the Orc warriors return with a lone elf captive that is tortured through the night.
The Orcs pay tribute to the Giants and the Dragon. Basically they offer up gifts and food, and of course the dragon gets an orc-kabob. The Dragon likes to swing by and mess with the Orc's minds. She's awesome. She thinks its funny to drop flaming dragon poop on unsuspecting orcs. She also likes to shish-kabob them with spice and salt. And, she thinks our little blunc, Talking-Wind, smells DELICIOUS. Lucky for this constantly talking orc that he's so young. She gives him 3 more seasons to ripen and all orcs know that a dragon never forgets. Through some very interesting escapes, fights, killings (this was an awesome book!) Talking-Wind exacts some personal revenge while suffering at the hands of the dragon while she prepares for a fantasy creature feast.
It's the story of a blunc that questioned the world, his mind full of thoughts and ideas and unravelings. You live in the violent world of the orcs and you learn of their lifestyles and habits. As I followed the story I became so invested that at the last page I think my mouth literally dropped open. That couldn't be the end.
This is the first book I can remember reading where I came to the end and literally begged to the book gods that the author had already written book 2. He hasn't, but after looking into it I found that he plans to write it. THIS is the kind of story that I'd like to see in theater. I loved this. Wholly and completely loved this.
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