

The hope is to create a series that will have resonance for both a young-adult and mature audience. He’s producing and developing the book with writer and art director Jon Baird, and it will be heavily illustrated by Rick Ross. The first book in the series, The Explorers Guild, Volume One: A Passage To Shambhala, will be published in 2014.Ĭostner told me he feels the book has the sweep of adventure classics he grew up reading, including Arabian Nights and The Red Badge Of Courage. BREAKING: Kevin Costner is at the center of a world rights deal made with Atria Books for The Explorers Guild, an epic serialized illustrated adventure novel series that Costner hopes will transfer to multiple platforms including a feature film that he will star in and produce.
