Press Release:
New York; January 30, 2023—Random House Worlds, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, announced today a forthcoming series comprised of two novels from critically acclaimed science fiction author Peter F. Hamilton, which will explore the new universe at the center of the recently announced AAA sci-fi action-adventure role-playing game from Archetype Entertainment, EXODUS. The new video game is set 40,000 years in the future; humanity has fled a dying Earth finding a new home in a hostile galaxy—here, we are the underdogs fighting for survival.
The first book in the duology, EXODUS: THE ARCHIMEDES ENGINE, will release in print and digital formats on September 14, 2024. The book will be published simultaneously in the UK by Tor Books UK, and an audiobook edition will be released by Penguin Random House Audio. This riveting novel will immerse readers in a thrilling, action-packed, sci-fi epic that spans generations in the futuristic video game universe of EXODUS.
“I’ve been a published author for thirty years now, and most of my books are space operas. I write in that part of the genre because it enables grand ideas to flourish. Yet this book is different for me. I’ve never written anything this far into the future before. The fact that it’s set in AD 43,000 was the main reason I signed on to the project. It granted me the ability to explore places, societies, and technology right out there on the edge of the fantastical. No science fiction author could resist the opportunity to push their imagination out to the kind of extreme that this timeframe allows. Simply writing it was a wonderful experience, which you’ll hopefully share when you read it,” states Peter F. Hamilton.
“I have been a huge fan of Peter F. Hamilton since his earliest novels,” said James Ohlen, Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director for Archetype Entertainment. “He creates fantastic science-fiction worlds, with a level of detail that transports the reader to the center of an action-packed story that feels so real, it blurs the lines between our world and his. I am thrilled to have him as a partner on EXODUS helping us to create this new sci-fi video game world for the EXODUS franchise that will engage players for years to come.”
In addition to authoring this duology, Hamilton is a creative consultant on the EXODUS video game. “The story of EXODUS: THE ARCHIMEDES ENGINE takes place in the same universe as the EXODUS role-playing game,” Hamilton says, “featuring the kind of problems, technologies, and challenges that characters will experience inside the game. However, the novel isn’t telling the story of the game itself. The events in the novel take place many lightyears away from the star system featured in the game, but still provide a view of the kinds of missions and encounters a player will be facing in the game. Brace yourself, it’s not going to be easy.”
For more information, visit Exodus-Archimedes-Engine.com.
ABOUT PETER F. HAMILTON:
Peter F. Hamilton is the author of numerous novels, including Salvation, Salvation Lost, The Saints of Salvation, A Night Without Stars, The Abyss Beyond Dreams, Great North Road, The Evolutionary Void, The Temporal Void, The Dreaming Void, Judas Unchained, Pandora’s Star, Misspent Youth, Fallen Dragon, and the acclaimed epic Night’s Dawn trilogy: The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, and The Naked God. He lives with his family in England.
ABOUT ARCHETYPE ENTERTAINMENT:
Archetype Entertainment is an Austin-based studio established in 2019 as a division of game developer and publisher Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro. Founded by veteran game creator James Ohlen, Archetype Entertainment is comprised of veteran developers from AAA RPG development studios including BioWare, Naughty Dog, 343 Industries, Blizzard and more. The studio is developing EXODUS, an epic new sci-fi roleplaying game (RPG) franchise. Learn more at www.archetype-entertainment.com.
ABOUT RANDOM HOUSE WORLDS:
Random House Worlds is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
