It was published by Penguin Books on 23 June 2011 in the United Kingdom, and on 28 June in the United States. Like Renaissance, the novel changes some elements from Brotherhood, including an entirely new sequence of events set during the time skip from 1503 to 1507 in the game, but is overall a much more faithful adaptation.Īssassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade is the first novel in the series written by Andrew Holmes (using the same name pen name of Oliver Bowden), and depicts the story of Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad, as told by Niccolò Polo in his journal. It was published by Penguin Books on 25 November 2010 in the United Kingdom, and on 30 November in the United States.

It also omits certain events, while including others not featured in the game (some of these, such as Ezio's relationship with his first girlfriend, Cristina Vespucci, would later be adapted in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood).Īssassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the second novel in the series, was also written by Anton Gill and is based on the video game of the same name. While the novel follows the game's events involving Ezio Auditore da Firenze (with the modern-day aspect entirely excluded), it changes much of the dialogue, the appearances of certain characters, and how some events occurred. It was published by Penguin Books on 20 November 2009 in the United Kingdom, and on 23 February 2010 in the United States. The first official Assassin's Creed novel, Assassin's Creed: Renaissance, was written by Anton Gill (under the pen name Oliver Bowden) and is a novelization of Assassin's Creed II. Novelizations and tie-ins Renaissance (2009) British publishing house Penguin Books was responsible for the publication of most of the novels in the series, as well as their respective audiobook versions, until 2020, when Aconyte Books took over as the main publisher of the series. The series includes both direct novelizations of several Assassin's Creed games, and books that function as standalone narratives, although some of these tie-in with one or more of the games in the franchise. The books are set across various time periods and, like the games, revolve around the secret war fought for centuries between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order.

The Assassin's Creed series is a collection of novels by various authors, set within the fictional universe of the Assassin's Creed video game franchise created by Ubisoft. New Star Press (in China, 2019–present).

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