Diablo III: Book of Cain Hardcover – 10 Jan. 2012

First of all, this review will not be about the book story and content as I have not read it. I bought this book as a gift to my brother who is a all time Diablo fan and also had the Diablo 3 game to accompany the book.Boy, when I received this book to wrap it up as birthday gift, I was completely stunned. The book is made with a beautiful great hard cover embossed with this awesome looking skull (lord of Terror) and as soon as you open the book and flip through the pages, it is meant to resemble a old book with its tinted pages giving it a great feeling that the book is of great age and there are numerous asides and additions written in the margin as if Deckard is amending and elaborating. To add to this fantastic book are illustrations of characters/monsters, symbols, etc. that it gives additional information when playing the game.There is an enclosed enveloped seals with a wax-seal sticker, can't really say how that looks as I didn't want to open someone's gift but I read that it is a map of the Diablo world.A few weeks after my brother received his gift, he called me to say how epic the book was and that he would like the Diablo 3: book of Tyrall as a Christmas present. i guess he really liked it then.Overall, seeing how a hardcore Diablo fan reacted to this book, if you looking to buy this for someone or yourself. I would highly recommend it!

Got my copy today. TODAY, 24th of December:) It simply could have not been better timing!It will be a nice addition to my Diablo library.I have played Diablo since "the beginning" and although I am over 30. right now I am still great fan of this series and can play it all over again. I believe this is the best game EVER created and the story behind is absolutely epic and brilliant. If you are the true fan of the Sanctuary this book is a MUST.I am looking forward to get my copy of the Diablo 3 game and hope it will be as good as the first Diablo release!Merry Christmas Everyone!PS. I have read the book tonight and enjoyed every single minute of nearly 4 hours nonstop reading!As the true Diablo fan I have found one single flaw in the story though... To my surprise the Dark Wanderer had been given a name and origin (Aidan, son of Leoric). It does not match the original Diablo tale and it also had not been mentioned by the Author of this book (Cain the Elder) in his Journal. According to the storyline in the game the Dark Wanderer was the very player himself (in the game every character had his own ending story). Nevertheless, the story might be regarded as still fine if we recall that the Dark Wanderer of Diablo II was a MALE...This single inconsequence does not have impact on my rating though - without this book (and of course other Diablo related titles) Diablo series would have remained only a game but after reading the Book of Cain it is MUCH, MUCH MORE...

I'm not entirely sure what I could say about this that others haven't, but I wanted to express my enthusiasm at least!It's a beautifully presented book, for starters. Embossed covers, fantastic art and design work and it's a pleasure to have in your hands - Really, it's gorgeous. I can't emphasise that enough!As for the cotent, it's a brilliant way of entering the world of Sanctuary. Or if you are revising or reminding yourself, wanting to explore and understand more, or simply want to heat your juices up for Diablo III - It gives you all the backstory, the story arc and pretty much all you need to know to be left ridiculously exited for Diablo III, and the continuation of the story.The world of Diablo has utterly riveting and compelling lore, and this book perfectly demonstrates that.Would you expect any less from a Blizzard product?In summary, a beautifully presented, beautifully told piece filled that packs in a ton of the incredible lore of Diablo, and snippets of that which is to come.Worth every single penny paid, and a lot more. £16 feels like a bit of a steal, to be perfectly honest.To echo what everyone else has said : If you are fan of Diablo, get this. Get this now.

only read ±10pages, so can't tell much about the story but here my first impression:plus:- easily to read- great artwork- 1 extra content at the end of the book (No spoil, so not telling what)- that price I can not buy a 6month playboy suscription, nor Celetial tiger in WoW...so why not spending/wasting on this book- tell a possible monster you encoutered (also D1 and D2)- great covermin:- Blizz tried to make the book as a real old book (damage around the papers) but they failed- printed letters, had hoped for real written letters by Cain- ugly Leah design- no plastic protection when buyingconclusion: like many other review said, this is a Diablo fan only this, else you probably will feel you got scamed due the print quality.But ofcourse for that price it's hard to find a better one.

The Book of Cain is a collector's item of the highest standard, it is very much a lore item in both apperence and content. It's appearence is a resemblance of the in D3 game item in relation (is now a useable item through a recent patch, from Act 2 on the Book of Cain is found near the player's stash and is used to automatically identifiy all the players items in their inventory, a fuction previously filled by Cain himself in D1 to D3 Act 1). In the book you can read about the creation of the the High Heavens, Burning Hells, and Santurary, the Sin Wars, the events of D1 and D2, a filler between D2 and D3, etc. Rather you are a fan of the game series or are intregued by the game worlds massive and deep lore, THIS. IS. A. MUST!!