December 9, 2021 – Aconyte, the book publisher owned by Asmodee, has dropped a few top board game properties summer 2022 book updates. These include Terraforming Mars, Zombicide, Descent and Legends of the Five Rings, Arkham Horror and Twilight Imperium.
The UK based company published an update on their upcoming book schedule and there are several based on board games that might be of interest to those who appreciate those highly regarded properties.
The pub dates quoted below are the US paperback and global ebook on-sale publication days. The UK on-sale date is about 6-weeks behind as the books travel on their first adventure across the sea.
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LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS
Legend of the Five Rings: The Great Clans of Rokugan – the Collected Novellas vol. 2
Deathseeker by Robert Denton III.
RELEASE: May 2022
The Eternal Knot by Marie Brennan. Trail of Shadows by D G Laderoute. Plus, the Legend of Five Rings Halloween tales, a collection of spooky Rokugan stories, never before collected in print.
Cover art by Mauro Dal Bo
Legend of the Five Rings, A Daidoji Shin Mystery: The Flower Path, by Josh Reynolds
RELEASE: June 2022
Extraordinary detective Daidoji Shin returns, in a wonderful locked-room murder mystery like no other, in this lively novel from the epic fantasy world of Legend of the Five Rings.
This is the third in the popular series following the award-winning Poison River, which was awarded People’s Choice at the 2021 UK Games Expo, and Death’s Kiss.
Cover art by Grant Griffin
TWILIGHT IMPERIUM
Twilight Imperium: The Veiled Masters, by Tim Pratt
RELEASE: May 2022
The galaxy stands on the brink of war, yet hope remains that the vast web of schemes can be exposed before it’s too late, in the final book in our astounding space opera Twilight Imperium trilogy.
Cover art by Scott Schomburg
ZOMBICIDE: BLACK PLAGUE
Zombicide Black Plague: Age of the Undead, by C. L. Werner
RELEASE: June 2022
In a fantasy realm shattered by the zombie apocalypse, a bold Knight must enlist unlikely allies while discovering the source of undead corruption, in this darkly humorous adventure from the bestselling game range, Zombicide: Black Plague.
Cover art by Daniele Orizio
TERRAFORMING MARS
Terraforming Mars: Edge of Catastrophe, by Jane Killick
RELEASE: July 2022
We return to the Red Planet as the saga of Terraforming Mars continues in the 26th Century. In this sweeping science-fiction thriller Mars is thriving: the huge crater made by the crashed moon of Deimos is now a vast domed city, buzzing with industry and a burgeoning Martian-born and immigrant workforce.
Cover art by René Aigner
DESCENT: LEGENDS OF THE DARK
Descent Legends of the Dark: The Raiders of Bloodwood, by Davide Mana
RELEASE: July 2022
The invasion of Terrinoth has begun. A handful of heroes stand between a monstrous horde and the destruction of the mystical heart of Terrinoth, in this nonstop sword and sorcery fantasy novel from the world of Descent: Legends of the Dark.
Cover art by Asur Misoa
ARKHAM HORROR
Arkham Horror: In The Coils Of The Labyrinth, by David Annandale
RELEASE: August 2022
An unnatural terror penetrating our reality preys on the dreams of its victims. Something sinister lurks at the heart of a labyrinthine nightmare, and it longs to be set free.
David Annandale, a master of unsettling terror, takes on the world of Arkham Horror in this darkly captivating novel.
Cover art by John Coulthart
