BIO HAZARD The Wicked North Sea(バイオハザード 北海の妖獣Baiohazādo Hokkai no Yōjū) was released in 1998. It was written by Kyū Asakura and the staff of Flagship, and published by Shueisha's Jump j-Books. The novel is set on an island (spelt in Japanese as ガディウォール(Gadiwōru) used for secret bio-weapons research.