Transformers: Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron

[griffin]

Still probably cheaper than whatever our AUS retail price...
If it gets released here and it is more, at least the UK site has free shipping, so you'd still save some money.

[Sky Shadow]

You can get it for AU $22.78 after (free) shipping at bookdepository.com:

http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9...6/Transformers

[kaiden]

You can get it for AU $22.78 after (free) shipping at bookdepository.com:

http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9...6/Transformers

thanks. $20 is quite reasonable ^_^

[5FDP]

Cheers kaiden. I know now why I couldn't find it... I was searching for 'War For Cybertron' instead of 'Exodus'

[Paulbot]

Seibertron posted an excerpt from the Amazon page

For twenty-five years the colossal battle between Megatron and Optimus Prime has captivated Transformers fans around the world. Yet the full story of the conflict between the two most famous Transformers—everything that happened before Optimus and Megatron arrived on planet Earth—has always been a mystery . . . until now. Here, for the first time told in its entirety, is the thrilling saga of Optimus and Megatron before they were enemies, before they even knew each other.

“Freedom is every Cybertronian’s right!” After Megatron utters these immortal words, the caste-bound planet of Cybertron is rocked to its foundations. Megatron, an undefeated gladiator thug, gives voice to the unspoken longings of the oppressed masses—and opens the mind of an insignificant data clerk to possibilities previously unthinkable.
Long before becoming the honorable Optimus Prime, Orion Pax is a mere office underling, an unlikely candidate to answer an outlaw’s call to revolution. But Orion is determined to meet this defiant enemy of all that Cybertron stands for, no matter what he has to do, or how many laws he has to break.

What happens between Orion Pax and Megatron forever changes the destiny of all Transformers. This gripping, action-packed novel reveals all the loyalties and treacheries, trust and betrayals, deadly violence and shining ideals, as well as the pivotal roles played by other characters, including Starscream, Sentinel Prime, Omega Supreme, and one of the thirteen original Primes, the last link to Cybertron’s glorious Golden Age.

Discover how meek disciple Orion Pax becomes the fearless leader Optimus Prime; follow the tantalizing clues about the lost Matrix of Leadership and the lore surrounding it; find out why the two allies fighting a corrupt regime suddenly turn on each other, and what triggers their epic war. Transformers: Exodus provides everything fans ever wanted to know about one of the fiercest rivalries of all time.

It sounds interesting to me and more than just a video game tie-in. I hope it is a good read.

[griffin]

For twenty-five years the colossal battle between Megatron and Optimus Prime has captivated Transformers fans around the world. Yet the full story of the conflict between the two most famous Transformers—everything that happened before Optimus and Megatron arrived on planet Earth—has always been a mystery . . . until now. Here, for the first time told in its entirety, is the thrilling saga of Optimus and Megatron before they were enemies, before they even knew each other.

'For the first time'? 'Always been a mystery'?

Over the 25 years of 'battle between Megatron and Optimus' we've had quite a few 'before they knew each other' and pre-Earth stories.
For them to market this as being the first ever story that tells about the pre-Earth history of the Transformers, entire or not (nothing is ever entire), it is misleading, false advertising.

They should have said that it was just the pre-Earth history of the current series (WfC), as it seems that they are claiming that it will explain the pre-history of the entire 25 year Universe of Transformers (which isn't all in the one continuity anyway).

[Sky Shadow]

'For the first time'? 'Always been a mystery'?

Over the 25 years of 'battle between Megatron and Optimus' we've had quite a few 'before they knew each other' and pre-Earth stories.
For them to market this as being the first ever story that tells about the pre-Earth history of the Transformers, entire or not (nothing is ever entire), it is misleading, false advertising.

They should have said that it was just the pre-Earth history of the current series (WfC), as it seems that they are claiming that it will explain the pre-history of the entire 25 year Universe of Transformers (which isn't all in the one continuity anyway).

I thought the same thing, but then generously reinterpreted their words: "the full story of the conflict between the two most famous Transformers—everything that happened before Optimus and Megatron arrived on planet Earth—has always been a mystery . . . until now. Here, for the first time told in its entirety..."

So arguably they're claiming that this is the "full" story, not just bits of it. The bits we saw before weren't "everything" and this is the first time it's been told in its "entirety".

Which obviously isn't going to be true, as you say, Griffin - particularly since even just from the blurb it already contradicts The War Within, the G1 cartoon, the UK annuals etc. But optimistically, perhaps they've at least tried to justify what they're saying, even if it's misinformed. And it could be a good story if it has better editing and a better writer than some of those other attempts at Transformers novels.

[griffin]

More details on the release of the Exodus book middle of the year.
http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...y-novel/18446/

[DarkHyren]

I'm sort of interested in this book, partly because of what it is supposed to be, partly because it's a hardcover transformers book of 350 odd pages.
Though I wonder if it's pure text or if it has alot of pictures.
Or is it comic book styled? I havn't really looked into it alot...