The Square Enix e-STORE has just posted a NieR:Automata novel up for pre-order at the following page (click the image):
Title: A Long Story
Teaser: When Androids Dream of the Glory of Mankind, Do Machines Dream of Mankind?
Author: Eishima Jun
Supervision: Yoko Taro
Publishing Date: August 5, 2017
Pages: 322 pages (tentative)
Size: B6 (tentative)
Price: 1,008 yen
When you purchase this novel from the SQEX e-STORE, it will come with the following bookmark as a bonus:
「小説 NieR:Automata」8月5日発売決定。著者:映島巡、監修:ヨコオタロウで贈る長編ノベライズ。ゲーム本編裏側のエピソードを語りながら、各キャラクターの知られざる心情を浮きぼりにします。 #NieR #ニーア https://t.co/frfLCqrTLt
— NieR公式PRアカウント (@NieR_JPN) June 19, 2017
Written by Eishima Jun with supervision by Yoko Taro. The story is to take place during the events of the game and give us a better insight into the characters.
「映島さんは僕よりニーアに詳しいから、小説の監修ナシにしましょう」って言ったら映島さんにダメだと言われました。 https://t.co/fnsZ5DpJVq
— yokotaro (@yokotaro) June 19, 2017
“When I said, “Eishima-san is more knowledgeable about NieR, so she can write the novel without me supervising it,” she was like nope.”