With the Fallout 3 DLC packages all wrapped up and Brink on the horizon, one has to wonder when Bethesda will be announcing the next entry in the Elder Scrolls saga. The first unofficial clues have started trickling in, from a novel of all places.

In a product description from a UK online retailer, Greg Keyes' book The Elder Scrolls: The Infernal City is described as:

"A novel that takes places forty-five years after the Oblivion Crisis, which is the story of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion game and the expansion pack Shivering Isles. It partly bridges the gap for the next game, which is set 200 years after the Oblivion crisis."

Of course, the blurb has now been edited, but the question remains: can we actually expect Elder Scrolls V to take place 200 years after the Oblivion crisis? It seems like a pretty strange thing to just make up.

So far, the answer is a resounding 'maybe', at least until someone at Bethesda decides to comment on the matter.