# The Blood Ties that bind: Discussing the latest WoW novel Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788/the-blood-ties-that-bind-discussing-the-latest-wow-novel Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788/the-blood-ties-that-bind-discussing-the-latest-wow-novel.md Podcast: [Lore Watch Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788) Published: 2026-01-21T16:45:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/lore-watch/episodes/lwp-401 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6556539150cd070012089193/e/696f4d0a91e0adb30b7cd568/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lore-watch-podcast-4788/episodes/the-blood-ties-that-bind-discussing-the-latest-wow-novel Duration seconds: 4025 ## Resource This week Joe is joined by our writer Eric O'Dea to discuss  Blood Ties , the newest  WoW  novel. The events of  Blood Ties happen between the end of The War Within but just before  Midnight  -- basically when we are right now. As such,  there will be spoilers for both  Blood Ties  and a little bit of what we know happens in  Midnight . Joe and Eric point out various details they found particularly effective, and things they wished we had more of in other contexts. A fun little dinner party with lots of expository dialogue is a treat, for instance. But there's a lot of ground to cover, and Eric and Joe have a lot to say! If you enjoy the show, please support us on Patreon , where you can get these episodes early and ad-free! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lore-watch-podcast-4788/episodes/the-blood-ties-that-bind-discussing-the-latest-wow-novel/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788/the-blood-ties-that-bind-discussing-the-latest-wow-novel.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.