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The ''Book of Cain'' is the shorter, alternate title of ''Diablo: the Eternal Conflict: The Illustrated Guide'', an item of Diablo III [[Merchandise]], first seen via a listing on Amazon.com in June 2011.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/merch-alert-the-book-of-cain/] The initial listing was taken down[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/book-of-cain-recalled] a week after it went online, but a new listing with slightly different details was posted again released in September 2011. The new info has the 148mid-page book with a projected release date of November 25, December 2011.[http://www.amazon.com/Diablo-III-Book-Cain-Deckard/dp/1608870634/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317076632&sr=1-1] The book is an "in-world" piece of literature, formatted as though it was written and illustrated by [[Deckard Cain]]. It recounts the events of Diablo II, includes additional stories of the [[Angels]] and [[Demons]] and their battles, and summarizes the history of events during the twenty years between the conclusion of events in ''Diablo II: Lord of Destruction'', and the start of Diablo III.
The 148-page book is an "in-world" piece of literature, formatted as though it was written and illustrated by [[Deckard Cain]]. It recounts the events of Diablo II, includes additional stories of the [[Angels]] and [[Demons]] and their battles, and summarizes the history of events during the twenty years between the conclusion of events in ''Diablo II: Lord of Destruction'', and the start of Diablo III.
::For players of the eagerly anticipated Diablo III, this mysterious tome will provide a deeper understanding of the franchise and its storyline.
==Contributing Artists==
* Brom, [[Mark Gibbons]], Jim Gurney, John Howe, Alan Lee, Iain McCaig, Jean-Baptiste Monge, Adrian Smith, and Petar Meseldzija.
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==Deckard Cain's Journal==
It's possible that the Book of Cain is just an expanded version of Deckard Cain's Journal, but that's not yet known. The Book of Cain would almost certainly contain much additional information and game world lore, while Cain's Journal was just the familiar events of D1 and D2 retold from Cain's perspective, with artwork that seemed to have come from Diablo III rather than being related to the actual D1/D2 history.
==Book Production and Delays==
The Book of Cain had a long and tortured progress from announcement to release. The product was first revealed, apparently by accident, when a listing went live on Amazon.com in June 2011.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/merch-alert-the-book-of-cain/] Blizzard had made no comment on the book to that point, and they remained silent a week later, when the initial listing vanished from Amazon.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/book-of-cain-recalled]
The item was listed again in September 2011, with modified cover art and more product details. At that point the projected release date was November 25, 2011. Other retailers listed the product with varying dates which changed several times before the book finally hit the shelves in mid-December 2011. Even then the confusion continued as many retailers had sold more pre-orders than they received stock to fill, and thus numerous fans did not receive their copy of the book in a timely fashion.
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