Del Ray Books Announces Novel Based On Deus Ex series

Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announces today that Del Rey Books will be publishing a novel based on the much anticipated Deus Ex video game series. Deus Ex: The Icarus Affect will be written by author James Swallow and is scheduled for release in 2011

Deus Ex: The Icarus Affect is set in the complex and enthralling world of Deus Ex, a cyberpunk-style technological dystopia full of pain and misery. In the not-so-distant future, the world is a place of great innovation and technological advancement but also a place of chaos and conspiracy. New technologies push the limits of human potential, even while they threaten the very future of the world. And from the shadows, dark and secret powers are coming together to take control, intent on designs so large, so intricate, they will take decades to come to life. But when two unlikely heroes – Anna Kelso, a Secret Service agent, and Ben Saxon, a special-ops soldier draw ever closer to the truth, the choices they make here and now could alter the course of history or bring forth a new age of darkness.

Andre Vu, Marketing Game Manager of Deus Ex had this to say. “We’re really pleased to be able to announce this new DEUS EX novel with Del Rey books, the novel is set in the DEUS EX universe and there will be characters and story elements in it, that will overlap with our next videogame DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, which we hope fans will be very excited about.”