Question: is bolg in the hobbit book?
Answer: Bolg appears extensively in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. ... While there, Azog dispatches his son Bolg to take his place in hunting Thorin and his company. With his pack of Orcs, Bolg tracks Thorin and Company through Mirkwood, where he and his pack of Orcs attack the Wood-elves as the Dwarves escape in barrels.