Astarion Is Getting a Prequel Novel Set During His Time in Servitude to the Vampire Lord Cazador Szarr in the Years Leading Up to the Events of Baldur's Gate 3

A fig of authoritative Bladur’s Gate 3 books person been announced, including an Astarion prequel, a reproduction of the Necromancy of Thay, a coloring book, and a cookbook.

Penguin Random House announced a caller publishing programme based connected Larian’s masterful Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, which it said has seen implicit 15 cardinal players since launching successful 2023. The programme volition see “a assortment of books that bring the game’s immersive world, heavy love, and unforgettable characters to the page.” It's disposable to preorder astatine Amazon now.

Random House Worlds volition people Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion by award-winning, New York Times bestselling phantasy writer T. Kingfisher connected September 29, 2026.

Here’s the authoritative blurb:

This prequel caller follows the beloved quality Astarion during his clip successful servitude to the vampire lord Cazador Szarr successful the years starring up to the events of the video game. Subsequent to its completion, Stephen Rooney, 1 of the elder writers of Baldur’s Gate 3, was consulted to guarantee the novel’s authenticity wrong the game’s satellite and lore. The audiobook, published by Penguin Random House Audio, volition beryllium narrated by Neil Newbon, the acclaimed histrion down Astarion's dependable and PCAP [performance capture] successful the game.

Meanwhile, Clarkson Potter volition people Baldur's Gate 3: The Necromancy of Thay connected July 21, 2026, a blank, grid-paper notebook that is “a faithful reproduction” of the Necromancy of Thay, an important quest point recovered successful the game, featuring an embossed skull connected the cover, foil stamping, and illustrated "clasps" to support the book’s "unholy contented from prying eyes." It's besides disposable to preorder astatine Amazon.

Ten Speed Press volition people The Official Baldur's Gate 3 Coloring Book connected August 11, 2026, illustrated by Jaki King, featuring 40 black-and-white enactment drawings of characters, creatures, and settings from Baldur's Gate 3. It's up for preorder astatine Amazon.

On November 3, 2026, Ten Speed Press volition besides people A Feast for a Tenday: The Official Baldur’s Gate Cookbook by Andrew Wheeler, featuring 65 recipes organized by people and campy location, with dishes for sharing marked arsenic Romanceable. The publication volition besides person archetypal chapter-opener illustrations and 45 photographs. You tin preorder it astatine Amazon arsenic well.

Official Baldur's Gate 3 Book Covers From Penguin Random House

Penguin Random House’s Baldur’s Gate 3 publishing inaugural volition proceed successful 2027, it said, with much details to beryllium announced aboriginal this year.

While Larian has near Baldur's Gate 3 and the Dungeons & Dragons beingness down to enactment connected marque caller games, including Divinity, it lives on. HBO is moving connected a Baldur’s Gate 3 TV amusement acceptable aft the video game, which not each fans are thrilled about. Many can’t fathom wherefore anyone would privation to proceed connected from the events of Baldur’s Gate 3, fixed its galore antithetic endings, variances successful satellite state, and, astir importantly, the vastly antithetic outcomes for beloved characters specified arsenic Astarion, Karlach, and Shadowheart.

Hasbro besides plans for a video crippled follow-up to Baldur’s Gate 3, but whether that’s a Baldur’s Gate 4 that continues the communicative oregon thing wholly antithetic remains to beryllium seen. In the meantime, these books volition springiness fans thing to chew on.

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