{"id":974,"date":"2009-04-27T07:41:59","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T15:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=974"},"modified":"2009-04-27T07:41:59","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T15:41:59","slug":"an-aside-greg-keyes-working-on-elder-scrolls-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/news\/an-aside-greg-keyes-working-on-elder-scrolls-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Greg Keyes working on Elder Scrolls novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 1up.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Bethesda has announced The Infernal City, a novel set after the events of Oblivion. The story will be penned by Greg Keyes, who is also known for his work with the Babylon 5 and New Jedi Order books.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been big fans of Greg’s work for a long time, and we’re thrilled he agreed to bring his talents to The Elder Scrolls,” said vice president of public relations and marketing Pete Hines. “We see these books as a natural extension of the franchise and think fans will love the stories and characters Greg has created.”<\/p>\n

The plot will revolve around a city that appears in the skies above Tamriel and begins raising the dead. As usual, it’ll be up to an “unlikely duo,” in this case Prince Attrebus and a girl named Annaig, to put a stop to it. Looks [sic] for The Infernal City this fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I heard rumblings about this a few months ago, but it’s interesting to have it all finally confirmed. Greg Keyes<\/a> is one of my absolute favourite writers. His Kingdom of Bone and Thorn<\/strong> series is criminally underread and is best described as taking the best parts of Terry Brooks (easy-to-read), Tad Williams (a wonderful, diverse world) and George R.R. Martin (a myriad of characters, multiple plot lines, and political intrigue mixed with magic). Like Tobias Buckell<\/a> working on a Halo novel (Halo: The Cole Protocol<\/strong>), Keyes name alone is enough to get me interested in this tie-in novel, despite not being very familiar with the Elder Scrolls<\/strong> series.<\/p>\n

Not long ago, Tobias Buckell and one of the fellows from Microsoft dropped by A Dribble of Ink<\/strong> to shed some light on the world of tie-in novels. The conversation can be found in the comments section of this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From 1up.com: Bethesda has announced The Infernal City, a novel set after the events of Oblivion. The story will be penned by Greg Keyes, who is also known for his work with the Babylon 5 and New Jedi Order books. “We’ve been big fans of Greg’s work for a long time, and we’re thrilled he… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n