Alex Irvine is writing Transformers: Exodus, an origin novel in the long-running alien-robot series, which Del Rey will publish this summer.
Assistant Director of Publicity David Moench says this book will tell “one of the most important stories in the Transformers canon, this novel explores and expands upon the origins of the supervillain Megatron, leader of the evil Decepticons, and the rise of Optimus Prime to leadership of the heroic Autobots.”
Further, he says, the book will “take fans deep into the secret lore of the Transformers universe, charting the creation of the Decepticons and the Autobots—and chronicling the civil war that divided them. At the center of this thrilling history are Optimus Prime and Megatron, the ultimate hero and the ultimate villain, whose destinies are entwined with that of their home planet, Cybertron. Developed in close partnership with Hasbro, this is a canonical Transformers tale that also relates to, and expands on, the story being told in the upcoming video game, Transformers: War for Cybertron, from Activision.”
Irvine’s first novel, A Scattering of Jades won the Crawford Award for best new writer in 2003, and he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer.