Alpha Centauri Inspires Graphic Novel

Firaxis Games has announced that the first graphic novel based on Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri has been released. Called Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: Power of the Mindworms, the novel was written by Steve Darnell and illustrated by Rafael Kayanan.

Power of the Mindworms focuses on the lives of several colonists on Planet as a Gaian colonist named Lindly discovers that she has the ability to control the planet's indigenous mindworms. As she falls into the thoughtworld of the mindworms, Lady Deirdre Skye discovers Lindly's ability and hopes to use it as a weapon against the Morganites.

Interested gamers can find the 48-page novel for sale at Amazon for about US$8.