Borderlands has spawned a novel that will be released this Tuesday for fans to buy that only focuses on one of the four characters you can choose from in the game.
Borderlands: The Fallen revolves around the turret making and healing soldier - Roland. The novel is being written by John Shirley, who wrote BioShock:Rapture.
The following is a description from Amazon:
"His name’s Roland. Soldier class, a former mercenary, he’s on a full-time mission to scrape a living out of the most dangerous planet in the galaxy.
Is he qualified? He’s well armed, he’s ruthless, and he’s tougher than skag hide. And, oh yeah—he’s strapped with some of the most exotic weaponry this side of the Vault, not to mention possessing fists like chunks of steel.
Zac Finn and his wife and young son had better get on the right side of Roland, because a stopover in orbit has turned into a nightmarish fall to the unforgiving landscape of the Borderlands. Zac hopes to find a strange new alien treasure in the Borderlands to turn his down-spiraling life around. But his wife, Marla, and his son, Cal, just want to survive, and reunite, because catastrophe has left them separated by hundreds of klicks. Their chances aren’t good . . . and Roland is all that stands between them and the planet’s kill-crazed Psychos and murderous bandits—not to mention the grotesque primals, giant wyrm squids, insane tunnel rats, voracious skags, brutal bruisers, and ruthless mercs. . . .
An original novel set in the universe of the Rated M for Mature video game created by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games."
How will Shirley make a story from a game that barely had any story? I dunno, and I honestly don't care. I am probably one of the few that didn't enjoy Borderlands as much as others. Borderlands: The Fallen comes out November 22, just two days away. For those that don't want to spend $10.88 plus shipping on Amazon for it, don't forget Christmas is just five weeks away.
way to not mention all the hype we had for borderlands man, shame