Surely, fans will miss Heroes while it takes a hiatus from our television screens due to the WGA writers' strike, but while we're all waiting in anticipation for Volume 3, a surprise has been cooked up for us in the form of a novel. Based on the NBC science fiction series, Heroes: Saving Charlie is a book that reveals the untold love story of Hiro Nakamura, played by Masi Oka on the series, and Charlie Andrews, who is portrayed by Jayma Mays, throughout their six month relationship before she was murdered by Sylar.



In Heroes' first season, one of Hiro and Ando's (James Kyson Lee) storylines was about having to travel to New York . Along the way, the two stopped at a diner in Texas , where they met waitress Charlie, who seemed to have special powers of her own. Shortly thereafter, Charlie was found murdered in the diner's storeroom, with her brain removed, a sign that Sylar was behind it. Hiro was then determined to go back in time to prevent this, but he landed six months in the past, on Charlie's birthday. He desperately warned her of her death, but she said that she knew she would die eventually, due to the blog cot in her brain. A relationship soon blossomed, but was cut short when Hiro unconsciously teleported to Japan .

In the upcoming novel, Heroes: Saving Charlie, fans and viewers will get discover Hiro and Charlie's previous love lives. Centering on the two's relationship, it will also explore each character's nature and personalities.

Moreover, the book's premise says that it is also Hiro's mission to save the love of his live from a heartrending death that awaits her. Armed with his powers to manipulate time, Hiro vows to save Charlie. However, messing up with the events in the past will result in yet unknown consequences in the future.

To find out about Hiro's adventure in saving Charlie, grab the novel Heroes: Saving Charlie, which hits bookstores on December 26.