The World of Warcraft team has announced that "Tides of War", a new novel based in the WoW game world, will be released in physical and eBook formats in August. Tides of War is authored by Christie Golden and preorders are now being taken.

The renowned sorceress Jaina Proudmoore has long struggled to maintain a lasting peace between the Alliance and horde.

But now, as mounting tensions threaten to ignite a new era of conflict, her hopes for peace could be extinguished forever...

Warchief Garrosh, obsessed with assuring the Horde’s supremacy over Kalimdor, launches an all-out attack against Jaina's island home of Theramore. Though the valiant Alliance defenders rush to repel the sudden onslaught, they’ll soon find themselves unprepared for the terrible scope of Garrosh's true plans…

Read the full announcement on the World of Warcraft community site.