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Comment by Danko

Also one in Darnassus at .

Comment by 82315

Also one at

Comment by 11195

Also one at 21.8,61.7 in Stormwind

Comment by Hellreject

Richard A. Knaak wrote a book trilogy that bears the same name as this one, The War of the Ancients, which describes in great detail the events that happened when the burning legion invaded Azeroth for the first time. The books are named The Well of Eternity, The Demon Soul and The Sundering. A great read for anyone just remotely interested in lore.

Comment by 229585

In SM Library on a table in the large hallway before the boss.

Comment by Raincloud

Found at:

* The Athenaeum of The Scarlet Monastery in Tirisfal Glades
* Darnassus at Craftsmen's Terrace
* An inn at The Park in Stormwind City

Comment by 240574

the coordinates in stormwind are wrong there is not an inn on 21.61.

Comment by arthas95

and KRASUS BROXIGAR and JAROD?

Comment by Mellro

turns out War of the ancients will be a caverns of time raid instance in a later cataclysm patch

Comment by Schnoodledorfer

All of the readable books that had been in SM and Scholomance, including this one, were removed in 5.0.4. A different book, The Invasion of Draenor, which was available nowhere else, was put back into Scholomance in 5.1, but not the others.

Comment by 1051443

58.4 23.5 are correct, if you are horde trying for stormwind its not as hard as it appears, fly overhead you will see a green terrace area that is open fly into it and if you have some kind of invisibility like rogue or mage you can sneak right in, its on the back right of the room on the table.

Comment by albinoette

Confirming this was removed from Scarlet Monastery when it became Scarlet Halls. It used to be in the map level called the "Athenaeum" - but since the most recent comment was from 2012, I went through the whole instance today to confirm and none of the books on the tables are able to be interacted with.
Alliance need not do more than head to Stormwind's library (northern part of the courtyard that's to the left of the king in the Keep) and look for any books they need - or head to Darnassus, there are a lot of books there, too.

Best bet for Horde is to come at the Library in Stormwind from the north (just below the IN in STORMWIND). Stealth (rogue, druid) or Invisibility (mage) or ~~(hunter + glyph)~~ or potion (Draenic Invisibility Potion, Invisibility Potion, Lesser Invisibility Potion).

I flew to Flamestar Post in western Burning Steppes and then flew west-ish to the hill in Elwynn Forest outside Stormwind at 40.24,5.92. I then tried to use an invis potion and mount to fly in, which was stupid because the act of mounting broke the invisibility effect. Since the cooldown for an invisibility potion is 10 minutes, be smarter than that.

Second attempt, I flew to the ledge at 82.54,23.80 and had to kill a flying guard before I could pop my Draenic Invisibility Potion. The potion lasts 18 seconds if you take no actions - so you have until 18 seconds run out, or you open your first book. I did a quick eyeball, touched every book I could, and then ran out and glided back off the ledge to the north and out of combat (Goblin Glider Kit / Goblin Glider). I think about 4 max-level-elite guards were on me by the time I got out.

There are some books that also show up in Darnassus, but those locations are further inside the city, and Darnassus seems to be further out of the way than Stormwind for most Horde.

Comment by Tziah79

Found in New Dalaran "the violet gate" (52, 47)

Comment by barcs

Apparently this is now impossible for horde to get. Guards in Storm wind and Darnassus pretty much one shot you. You can't just stealth in and grab 4 books. It's literally impossible and they took it out of Scarlet monastery, so where the %^&* are we supposed to get this book from? So much wasted time on an IMPOSSIBLE achievement.

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