Later this year, a novel from League of Legends will be released. What is known about this?
There is information that Riot is working with a publishing house that will soon release the first novel set in the League of Legends universe.
The game from Riot Games is one of the most popular games in the world. The world of Runeterra is incredibly extensive, so it’s no wonder that hundreds of thousands of fans from different countries follow their heroes’ fortunes, stories, relationships, and more.
Such interesting and colorful lore allows you to go much further than just creating a computer game. A great example is the Arcane series, which became a hit in 2021, and shortly after its premiere, it was at the top of the rankings in several countries.
Riot already has a series, music bands, collaborations with clothing brands, a lot of great cinematics, and a lot of good stories. So it’s time for something more. It’s about a novel.
A novel from League of Legends
Official information has appeared on the Internet that Riot Games has started cooperation with the Hachette Book Group and the Orbit Books publishing house they bought. It has been announced that the first novel set in the world of Runeterra will be available for sale soon. The book will be written by Riot Games lead writer Anthony Reynolds and will be released in September this year. What’s more – it’s supposed to be just the beginning.
On the official website of the publishing house, you can read that Riot has signed a contract to publish the first novel in history, the action of which takes place in the League of Legends universe.
As announced, the book tells the story of Kalista and the Ruined King Viego, who seeks access to ancient magic that could resurrect his beloved wife – Isolde.
‘Ruination’ will be published in English in September 2022 in the US and UK in physical, electronic, and audio versions and distributed worldwide.
It was also announced that the novel will be translated into other languages in the future – the date of the translated publications will be announced at a later time.
Ashley Maidy, head of Consumer Products at Riot Games, said:
Stories play such an important role in exploring our world and champions in deep and meaningful ways
This is a foundational story for Runeterra, and will shed new light on the events that shape some of its most pivotal characters. We are thrilled that Orbit will be bringing this to life for our fans.
Orbit senior vice president and publisher Tim Holman said:
We are thrilled to be publishing the first novel set in the League of Legends universe. Our goal is to publish stories that will excite not just the millions of League of Legends players but anyone who loves epic adventures set in fantastical worlds. Working with the Rioters has been an amazing experience, and I believe that together we can build a phenomenal publishing program.
Orbit is a division of the Hachette Book Group, which includes Orbit and Redhook. The publisher has many science fiction, fantasy and other bestsellers to its credit.