Original Dark Souls Novel Coming From Bestselling Star Wars Author

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A new Dark Souls story is being crafted by a New York Times bestselling author, who's previously created what many consider to be some of the best Star Wars books that have been written. The Dark Souls franchise is known for its glorious dark fantasy-inspired world, unforgiving combat, and untraditional methods of story-telling. Developer FromSoftware has made a name for themselves with incredibly well-received games like Elden Ring and Bloodborne. However, the Dark Souls trilogy continues to be a highly beloved series within the gaming community.

The gameplay featured prominently in the Dark Souls series is widely regarded as difficult, with a considerable learning curve for newcomers. Each Dark Souls game requires players to explore varied and beautiful lands ravaged by brutal wars waged by magical lords and intimidating mythical creatures. Unlike most games, the complicated lore of Dark Souls is not directly told to players in a traditional sense. Instead, it must be discovered by picking up clues and reading detailed item descriptions often filled with juicy Dark Souls lore. The dramatic and epic tales of the series' lords and undead warriors is rich with narrative possibility, and one author is crafting a novel with an original Dark Souls tale.

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This October, Dark Souls: Masque of Vindication, a book by bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole, will tell a brand new Dark Souls story. As reported by Game Rant, the announcement came from the Twitter account of the book's publisher, Yen Press. According to Yen Press's website, the original story will be released physically and digitally worldwide on October 25th. The novel will not repeat the same cryptic