Quick update:
I'm not sure exactly what the story is behind this book, but as you can see, it is a limited edition art book based on Ryse. This edition is limited to 200 copies, and is hand numbered. I have no idea if other editions of this book exist, or will exist later.
The book is rather large, and long. It's slightly taller, and way longer than the Journey art book, for instance. It's also hardbound, and I think it's bound in real leather too, though it may be synthetic. It looks and feels like real leather to me though.
I'm really looking forward to this game, so when this little beauty popped up, I jumped on it! I just the hope the game won't be as bad as some people are saying! I actually played it a bit already at that one Xbox tour thing. Honestly, I didn't think the game was all that bad at all. We'll see though. Next week can't come soon enough!
Thanks again all!