14 DAY TRIAL // Video game developer Blizzard has announced that on May 15 fans of the Diablo universe will be able not only to pick up the third video game based on it, but also to get access to a new novel, called Diablo III: The Order, which will fill fans on the backstory of Deckard Cain and his adventures.
The official description from Blizzard reads: “Deckard Cain is the last of the Horadrim, the sole surviving member of a mysterious and legendary order. As Cain searches for the lost members of his order, he is thrust into an alliance with an unlikely ally: Leah, an eight-year-old girl feared by many to carry a diabolical curse.
“What is her secret? How is it tied to the prophesied End of Days? And if there are other living Horadrim, will they be able to stand against oblivion? These are the questions Deckard Cain must answer… before it is too late.”
The novel is written by Nate Kenyon, who has previously worked on StarCraft: Ghost: Spectres, another novel that is based on a Blizzard core franchise.
He has also written a number of short stories for magazines and has been nominated for a Bram Stocker award for his work.
Diablo III: The Order is being published by Gallery Books and comes in at 384 pages.
The hack and slash video game from Blizzard uses Deckard Cain as the starting point for an adventure that will deliver the usual mix of light role playing, monster killing and loot matching.
Blizzard has been working on Diablo III for the best part of nine years and analysts expected to see the game released before the end of the year, just before the developer announced that it would come out on the PC on May 15.
Home console versions are also rumored to be under development, although they do not have clear launch dates.
Head over to the Blizzard blog to read an excerpt.