The Doom of K'aresh

by Adam Christopher, Cynthia Sheppard (Illustrator)

Embark on a legendary narrative journey with "The Doom of K’aresh," a new 3-part audio novella written by Adam Christopher and illustrated by Cynthia Sheppard.

Join Ray Porter, the voice of Locus-Walker, for a reading of the thrilling and tragic tale behind the fall of K’aresh, shattered home world of the brokers and the ethereals, and setting for the second major patch of World of Warcraft: The War Within.

56 pages, ebook

Published July 8, 2025

About the author

Adam Christopher is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith and Master of Evil,  Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town. He has also written official tie-in novels for the hit CBS television show Elementary and the award-winning Dishonored video game franchise.

Co-creator of the twenty-first-century incarnation of Archie Comics superhero The Shield, Adam has also written for the universes of Doctor Who and World of Warcraft, and is a contributor to the internationally bestselling Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View anniversary anthology series and the all-ages Star Wars Adventures comic.

Adam’s original novels include Made to Kill and The Burning Dark, among many others, and his debut novel Empire State was both a SciFi Now and Financial Times book of the year.

Reviews

[Xin]

One of the best short stories they've ever done for WoW. The origin of the Ethereals and how they came to be was really well told here. A lot of Burning Crusade, Legion, and Shadowlands lore led up to this, and it was executed really well. Overall, this with the backdrop of Ghosts of K'aresh led to a great story.