Betrayal at Falador

Betrayal at Falador  is the first (and as yet only) official novel to be based on the world of RuneScape. It was written by T. S. Church, and is available to buy from the Jagex Store. Jagex had announced that it would be released on the 21 July 2008, but it was actually not released until the 25 July. They have never given an explanation for the delay.

Ten customers who pre-ordered the limited edition hardback cover version had their copies signed by Andrew Gower, Paul Gower, Geoff Iddison, T. S. Church, and the book's cover artist.

Quotes on the back of the book
The back of the book contains teaser lines that vaguely hint at the plot, and mentions two of the principle characters of the story.

Additionally, the back of the book gives two comments from individuals, namely Paul Gower and Zezima (whom Mod Mark has referred to as "arguably the most famous player of the game" ).

Both originally appeared on the product page at the Jagex Store, but Zezima's quote has since been removed. However, it is still somewhat visible in the screen-shot of the back of the book on the Jagex Store website.

This may be due to negative reactions from players on the RuneScape Forums, due to what they see as preferential treatment for one player over all the others. Mod Mark admitted on 10 July that Jagex had "asked Zezima many months ago about our plan to quote him". This may imply that Zezima had read an advance copy of the book well before either it or the Jagex Store had been released. However, Zezima's apparent recommendation may in fact be a "spoof" quote, and it is certainly possible that it had been attributed to him when he had never read the book.

Players who posted on the forums also used Zezima's name on the forums while discussing the book, which is against the Forum Code of Conduct. This led to threads being locked and messages being hidden, and subsequent complaints from players who felt that their messages should not have been removed, due to Jagex's use of the name outside of the Hiscores.

Plot
The RuneScape website gave a teaser paragraph about the book when the novel was announced.

The book takes place during the winter of the year 164, five years before the current events of RuneScape. The book seems to centre around Squire Theodore and the mysterious adventuress Kara. There are many more characters.

Trivia

 * On page 34, "Zamorak" is spelled incorrectly as "Zamarok".