XCOM 2 Prequel Novel Announced

I can’t say I know anyone that is particularly interested in the fiction that surrounds the turn-based tactical battles of XCOM, whether that is its current Firaxis incarnation or the original titles from Microprose, but it’s presumably the kind of audience that is being targeted with XCOM 2 Resurrection, a tie-in prequel novel that follows the story of Amar Tan, a young guerrilla fighter involved in the fight against ADVENT.

The novel is written by Greg Keyes, who has already penned tie-in novels in The Elder Scrolls universe and his own original fantasy novels:

Insight Editions’ XCOM 2: Resurrection, the official prequel novel to XCOM 2 from author Greg Keyes, tells the story of Amar Tan, a promising recruit in the barely-hanging-on guerrilla resistance network that still dares to combat ADVENT outside of Gulf City.

Amar and his squad find their lives irrevocably changed one day when they stumble upon an SOS signal from an enigmatic man who claims to know a secret that could change everything. Can Amar and his squad survive encounters with Sectoids, Chryssalids and scores of ADVENT troopers hell-bent on stomping out all resistance? Find out when XCOM 2: Resurrection is available for purchase on November 10, 2015.