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Cover art for The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm

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While the next novel in the Warcraft series, The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm has been available for preorder for quite some time, the book itself had no cover art -- until now. The artwork for the novel is available for viewing on Amazon, and while it"s been stated that this is preliminary artwork, it looks pretty official.

The Shattering covers the stretch of time between Wrath of the Lich King and the Cataclysm expansion -- what exactly happened to cause the scenery changes as well as the situational changes that lead to the events we"ll be seeing as we play through the new expansion. The book is written by Christie Golden, whose other works in the Warcraft series include Lord of the Clans, Rise of the Horde and Arthas: Rise of the Lich King. According to Amazon, the release date has been pushed back from the originally stated release date of Aug. 31, 2010, to Oct. 19, 2010 -- a little longer to wait than previously thought.

The cover image itself? A striking (no pun intended) image of the Doomhammer smashing into what looks like volcanic rock. If the cover art is any indication, Thrall is playing a major role in the book -- and Golden"s already shown us on more than one occasion that she"s capable of writing the character. Does this mean we"ll see more of Jaina as well? How about Varian? Unfortunately there"s no real summary of the book available just yet, but you can see the full cover image, as well as pre-order the novel, via Amazon.com.

WoW.comCover art for The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How to configure Grid

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If you"re a raiding healer, chances are you use or at least have heard of Grid, the popular raid frame mod. It makes the essential task of staring at health bars significantly easier. However, Grid is a darn complicated mod. So complicated, in fact, that Llyra over at Healing Way has written a blog post all about how to configure it.

I"ve been using Grid for years, ever since Molten Core (in fact, one of my first posts on WoW Insider was about Grid), and I still learned things from this article. The way Grid composites information onto its little squares is not intuitively obvious, so it"s probably worth taking a look just for that. There is also a video on how to configure the mod, which might give you a hint just how complex it can get. The post ends with a list of some useful plug-ins for Grid; I fully agree with the author that GridStatusThreat, which shows which raid members have aggro, is a must-have (although I can"t find a working link to it at the moment - is it included with Grid these days?).

How to configure Grid originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 15 May 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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