There's a Dead Island book

By Robert Purchese Published 27 July, 2011

Of corpse there is.

A Dead Island book has been announced, and will be released on the same day as the video game: 8th September 2011.

The novel, a dusty old tome, is written by British author Mark Morris, who specialises in horrors and thrillers. He's written Dr Who, Hellboy and Torchwood books, as well as novels of his own such as Cinema Futura, The Deluge and Stitch.

His book, Dead Island, will give "a terrifying glimpse into the horrors thrust upon the four individuals who have unwittingly embarked on the ultimate holiday from hell".

  • Welcome to the holiday paradise where your dreams should come true...
  • but where a nightmare is about to begin...

The book will cost £6.99 and is published by Bantam.

Dead Island is an open world, first-person adventure zombie survival game, as well as a loot-happy RPG. It's made by Call of Juarez developer Techland, and it shot to fame courtesy of a gruesomely handsome CGI video that showed a little girl being slung out of a window.

"It's a little crass, a little off-key and a little low-budget, but it's set to be an enjoyably pulpy thrill," wrote Martin Robinson in Eurogamer's Dead Island preview. "And Dead Island's final surprise, when it launches later this summer, should be a pleasant one.

Dead Island at this year's E3.

Picture of Robert.

About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 10 months ago

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  • Scopeh #1 10 months ago

    This game will feed my zombie killing urges until the inevitable Left for Dead 3

  • mukki #2 10 months ago

    funny subline as always :)

  • Lebowski #3 10 months ago

    From down the beach a lone figure shuffled across the sand towards them.

    "Dude you look toasted!" exclaimed Zack. "Like, how long were you partying for last night?"

    The creature let out a long, hollow moan, then sunk its teeth into the surfer.

    "Dude! That like totally stings!"

  • Gromit #4 10 months ago

    The game is looking ropey to me. A good (if not wholly original) concept, but as soon as I read that it was by the makers of COJ I went cold.

  • VibratingDonkey #5 10 months ago

    Invest in a captcha already Eurogamer.

    The game looks to be about on the same wavelength as Dead Rising, it's weird that it's surrounded by all this serious business stuff.

    And people seriously need to acquire some creativity when naming their zombie games. We're running out of words to put after "Dead" at a rapid pace. Suppose when that happens we'll move on to "Undead" and start all over again.

  • WeakOrbit #6 10 months ago

    @VibratingDonkey Living Impaired Island.

    @Lebowski Also the novel will probably be a typical origin story along the lines of,

    " Those fools doubted my capacity for genetic research but now I'll show them. On this Island I'll have all the test subjects I need Mwahahahaha, wait til I tell Wesker about this."