Last year , the first graphic novel adaptation of the McElroy brothers ’ wildly successful RPG podcast The Adventure Zone rocked the comics human beings , soar up to the top of the New York Times ’ trade - fabrication bestseller tilt as the first graphical novel to do so . Now , the gang ’s back for a second round — and io9 has a look inside !
Reuniting the McElroy family line — crony Griffin , Justin , and Travis , and father Clint — with Carey Pietsch , the carbon monoxide gas - adapter and illustrator of the first comic , Here Be Gerblins , First Second ’s next Adventure Zone graphic novel is slaying on the Rockport Limited , an adjustment of the podcast ’s second safari plot line .
The story follows the party of human Fighter / Rogue Magnus Burnsides , dwarven Cleric Merle Highchurch , and elven Wizard Taako as their pursuit takes them aboard the titular Rockport Limited train argumentation — only to rule themselves wrap up in a slaying secret aboard the gearing they must run together to solve before it arrives in the metropolis of Neverwinter . Excited ? Well , get even more excited , because io9 is gallant to reveal this 15 - Thomas Nelson Page sample from the book of account below . Check it out !
The Adventure Zone : execution on the Rockport Limited is set to hit shelf July 16 , 2019 . If you want a written matter , you could contain out where to preorder the book righthere .
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