It's been almost 30 years since Blood Omen, the gore-spattered first instalment of the Legacy of Kain video game franchise, wowed PS1 players. While that title was followed up by three official sequels – including the all-time-classic Soul Reaver – the action series has not received any new official content since 2003's Legacy of Kain: Defiance. (2013's planned multiplayer Nosgoth was a tangentially-related spin-off and never officially released.)
All that changes later this year with the publication of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver – The Dead Shall Rise, an official prequel graphic novel by writers Joshua Viola and Angie Hodapp, artist Juan Samu, letterer Jeremiah Lambert, with covers by Dave Rapoza and Aaron Lovett, and additional art by Jonny Bush and Ninja Jo.
