The second of the planned trilogy of novels based on City of Heroes is due out in June, and Warcry have been chatting to author Robin Laws about the book and what it’s like to write a story set in an established world:

WarCry: Where does your book fit with the first book (The Web of Arachnos)? Is it continuing the same story or is this an entirely new tale?

It’s a standalone story with a few nods to the first book.

You don’t have to have read The Web Of Arachnos (or for that matter even know the City of Heroes world) to follow the action.

Freedom Phalanx picks up the Paragon City story fifty years later, in the mid-80s, at a low point for the city and for Statesman.

You can read the complete interview by clicking here.