New Overwatch YA novel, The Hero of Numbani, set to release next year

Overwatch's deep, storied lore and thriving merchandising business have united for a new venture in fiction with The Hero of Numbani, a new young adult novel releasing next year.

Popping up on Amazon and spotted by Polygon, Scholastic has revealed it will publish the Overwatch novel on 5th May, 2020. Focused on Efi Oladele, the young creator of Orisa, the "action-packed novel" also features "the fan-favourite characters Efi, Orisa, Doomfist, and Lúcio in an all-new, original story straight from the minds of the Overwatch game team and critically acclaimed author Nicky Drayden".

"In the technologically advanced African city of Numbani, in the not-so-distant future, humans live in harmony with humanoid robots known as omnics," the book blurb tells us. "But when a terrorist tries to shatter that unity, a hero named Efi Oladele rises!

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