Fledgling Heroes : Blizzard Novels for a New Generation We are proud to announce the impending launch of a series of novels written specifically with younger Blizzard gamers in mind . This series of novels , titled Fledgling Heroes , will focus primarily on themes and topics that are relevant to teen and tween readers while still delivering epic , heart - pounding , page - turning action . At Blizzard Entertainment , we ’ ve been telling stories for years . Stories about demons from a plane of eternal torment and insatiable hive - mind aliens ravaging the galaxy . Tales of armies clashing mercilessly across worlds without end . These are big stories , stories that we love — but are they real enough ? Do they convey the true humanity of the characters you ’ ve come to know and love ( or hate ) ? Starting this year , our new Fledgling Heroes series of young adult novels , aimed at our growing tween and teen audience , will give you a chance to watch iconic Blizzard characters fall in love , overdo it with concealer , and tackle that most dangerous of raids : the emergency house party . Read on to learn more about the first novels to be released under the Fledgling Heroes label . . . Kruzz has it tough . Ever since his parents sent him away to live in cosmopolitan Stormwind , life ’ s been bleak . By fate or just a cruel trick of biology , he ’ s growing faster than the other kids . Everyone makes fun of the way he talks , and Kruzz ’ s body image issues are so paralyzing that he ’ s begun to wear a disguise to class . But then one day , he meets a gnome . Rolli ’ s a star forward on the flag capture team . She ’ s inspirational — passionate , hotheaded , and unafraid to break the rules — and shockingly , she seems really interested in Kruzz ! There ’ s only one problem : Kruzz is an ogre ! And he can ’ t stop eating , especially in a kingdom full of thousands of two - legged meats . Rolli might care about him , but first she ’ ll have to get over the fact that they look really awkward together . Meanwhile , Kruzz is forced to make the most difficult of choices : embrace Rolli as the girl he ’ s always wanted , or cook and eat her before she realizes he ’ s planning to cook and eat her . Trouble is festering in the Undercity . Unruly Forsaken who were between the ages of 12 and 18 before they were reanimated are starting to question their leadership — and now these unteens have made the terrible mistake of gaining the Banshee Queen ’ s attention ! Sylvanas Windrunner , the undisputed ruler of the Undercity , plans a masterstroke of statecraft to quell this rebellion and pacify her people . She demands that three young members of each of the Undercity ’ s quarters participate in a brutal gladiatorial battle to the death , where only one dead person will survive . Into this utterly foolproof recipe for continued totalitarianism are flung the contestants of the Mage Quarter : quick - witted , capable , likeable friends Catnip Nebelung and Mason Abernathy , along with resident elevator guard Gorgus the Belly - Maw . The odds are on Gorgus winning — but odds are made to be beaten ! The " Anger Gauntlet " strives to ask difficult , eternal questions . Is it okay to take someone else ’ s unlife if it means saving your own ? Should we trust our leaders ? And are 400 pages really enough to describe an arrow ’ s exit wound ? Eleven year - old Ross can ’ t stand life on the Dominion homeworld of Tarsonis . Sure , the capital of terran civilization offers plenty to do , but Ross ’ s adoptive parents are terrible , terrible people . His “ mother ” is a staunch disciplinarian who makes him eat , sleep , and go to school in the bathroom and complete 5 - mile forced marches while carrying his fat brother in a backpack . And his “ father ” is an insufferable despot and the reigning All - Districts Hate Crimes champion . But one day , Ross receives a private holo - vid invitation . It says that he ’ s special , and offers him a scholarship to study at the secret military academy of the Emperor ’ s Legion , the elite retinue of terran special operatives that his parents — his REAL parents — once served with . When he accepts , Ross ’ s whole life changes . Ross ’ s natural greatness sets him on the fast - track at the Legion military academy . Despite being an emotionally perplexed creature with an underdeveloped sense of self - control and no real life experience , he ’ s put in charge of the famous Fourth Squad that his dad used to lead . And not a moment too soon . When all of the Legion ’ s officers and their husbands and wives decide to go on an irresponsible extended holiday , the nightmarish alien zerg descend on Tarsonis in droves . Ross is the only soldier in the entire Dominion military with enough bravado and drive to save the planet from annihilation ! We ’ re also working on a new collection of short stories to answer one of the questions we ’ re most often asked about our more famous heroes and villains — “ But what were they like in their " early years " ? ” Discover the turbulent adolescence of popular faces like 13 - galactic - cycles - old Zeratul as he struggles with his budding psionic powers , or join young Garrosh Hellscream as he deals with an absentee father and natural disasters on a planetary scale . Spend time with then - Warchief Thrall and Archmage Jaina Proudmoore in the warm summer days after the fall of Archimonde , when the mistrust between Alliance and Horde seems destined to fade away , and anything — " anything " — can happen . The Fledgling Heroes project is something that we ’ ve really wanted to do ever since we started making games , but we had to wait for the right time . And the right time . . . is now .