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Diablo III: Book of Tyrael Hardcover – October 22, 2013
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One of the most exciting and visceral action role-playing games in recent memory, Diablo® has become a worldwide gaming phenomenon. Diablo III: Book of Tyrael takes fans even further into the universe with a detailed and beautifully crafted artifact that focuses on the renowned champion Tyrael. As a former archangel of the High Heavens, he ranks among the most important and influential characters in the Diablo franchise. Here, in this illustrated and comprehensive tome, he reveals never-before-known secrets about the history of the world, the dark threats that yet face mankind, and his decision to join the ranks of humanity as a mortal. Featuring stunning original art throughout, this beautifully illustrated follow-up to Diablo III: Book of Cain will also feature letters from Leah and additional fragments of Cain’s writings, all curated by Tyrael as he weaves together a complex and fascinating story for the members of the Horadrim. Also features a fully removable illustration of the Leoric family and other influential characters from Old Tristram; including Deckard Cain, Prince Albrecht, Archbishop Lazarus, King Leoric, Prince Aidan, Queen Asylla, Leah, and Adria. This reversible image would demonstrate their normal appearances on one side, along with a representation of their dark fates on the other.
- Print length164 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherInsight Editions
- Publication dateOctober 22, 2013
- Dimensions7.75 x 0.9 x 10 inches
- ISBN-101608872793
- ISBN-13978-1608872794
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Tyrael ranks among the most important and influential characters in the Diablo franchise. |
In this beautifully illustrated book by Blizzard Entertainment, learn about Tyrael's decision to join the ranks of humanity as a mortal. |
The perfect gift for the Diablo fan. |
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While this insight into the backstory of Diablo III is very welcome, at least half the draw of the Book of Cain was in its gorgeous illustrations, the sort of images you only find in concept artwork, except more fully fleshed out and featuring a greater degree of detail. The Book of Tyrael continues this tradition, and is described as featuring stunning original art throughout.’”The Escapist
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- Publisher : Insight Editions; 9.10.2013 edition (October 22, 2013)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 164 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1608872793
- ISBN-13 : 978-1608872794
- Item Weight : 2.11 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.75 x 0.9 x 10 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #83,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #78 in Art Encyclopedias
- #138 in Video Game Art (Books)
- #450 in Pop Culture Art
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Matt Burns is a senior writer on Blizzard Entertainment’s Creative Development team. During his time at the company, he has helped create licensed and ancillary fiction for the World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and Overwatch universes. His projects include authoring Diablo III: Book of Tyrael and co-authoring the New York Times-bestselling illustrated history book World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volumes I, II, and III.
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Construction of the book itself is impressive: the page edges have gold gilding and the hardcover is embossed so there is a slight 3D feel to it. The pages are heavy paper and simply loaded with ink for all the pictures printed in sepia tones to convey the impression that this is an actual old book that has been reproduced.The whole book is printed in various tones of brown, cream and black. There is a splash of color here and there, but nothing is a full-on color painting. Artwork ranges from rough sketches to complete images with striking detail and complexity.
This book was released with a hefty price, but it becomes clear why after holding this volume in your hands. It is as much a piece of art as it is a collection of art, with an interesting bit of lore included. There was a great deal of production invested in the book and it shows. This would be a great gift for the Diablo player.
This books is beautiful and I love all of Blizzards Lore books. The art it amazing, the stories are awesome and the quality of this - being a paperback - is superb.
I have "The Book of Cain" and the books pages on there edges are rough to appear torn or raw, looking like its about hell and written by man.
Now owning "The Book of Tyrael" it's just as great in terms of design. With a bronze metal coating on the out side edge of the pages giving a polished meticulous look , as if it was written by an archangel and about the heavens.
Booth book look great together and give great insight in the lore and the characters. I appreciate the care taken to make each book look as though they are from the perspective authors in terms of coloring and how the book was designed. The covers on both books are raised to give a great feel.
The authors of this book (Matt Burns and Doug Alexander) had quite the task of matching the wonderful writing of Book of Cain (Flint Dille). I am happy to say that they were up to the challenge, and the writing of this book, is every bit as good as what was put forth, by Flint Dille.
As a complete Diablo lore nerd, I cannot begin to describe my anticipation for this particular lore book. I will most assuredly be re-reading this, many more times, before the release of, Reaper of Souls. I am left both satiated, and still wanting more!
If you are looking for more Diablo content, this is what you "should" buy! (Note the word "should!")
For now my friends, is where It breaks my heart, to talk about the flaws of this potentially wonderful book, the printing.
The Book of Cain, was designed and printed with wonderfully detailed artwork, great pagination, smart use of switching between printed and hand-written text. At no time was the TEXT ever unreadable!
Most of this book is suppose to look like Book of Cain pages glued to modern pages.
While I can surely appreciate the artistic intent, the coloring of these pages, is just too dark.
The black text on DARKLY colored backgrounds makes several words in the book unreadable!!!
Far too many of pages are only readable if you have a direct light beaming down onto the book.
For those of you who think I am probably just going blind, let me assure you that I do wear either glasses, or contacts, and have my vision checked yearly. This is not a case of eyesight.
The sections of the book, that do not exhibit this problem are Tyrael's own pages, these are black text, on a greyish background, and are quite pleasant to read.
However, since MOST of this book's content is meant to come from other notes and journals, kept by Deckard Cain, this means that a lot of content is difficult to actually read!
Not all of these "historical" pages are unreadable, in fact the inconsistency, in which each page is readable is absurd. I truly do not know if this was the result of a flaw in the printing process, or overuse of artist intent.
I WANT to recommend this to every Diablo nut out there, but I can't.
The content is so worth paying for, but just not in this format.
Buy it, if you must, but be prepared to read this in the noon-day sun, or with a flashlight.
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The imagery and artwork are excellent and tie the lore of the lesser evils etc together well with the story driven by the game.
The actual cover looks very authentic and goes well on any bookshelf, especially when placed next to the other Diablo tomes.











