As a famous game IP, the charm of the "Assassin's Creed" series is not only reflected in the game, but its official novels of all dynasties are also one of the great highlights. The novel has played a good role in supplementing and expanding the plot of games of all dynasties with its unique literal charm. Today I will bring you a review and introduction to the official novel series of Assassin's Creed.

1. Overview

Since "Assassin's Creed 2" in 2009, Ubisoft will almost launch an official novel, novel or adaptation of the game plot or prequel of the game content on the new game. To this day, in addition to retaining this tradition, the official novel of Assassin's Creed has also actively expanded the "Assassin's Universe" and launched some purely original works. It even authorized local writers to publish novels under the name "Assassin's Creed" in different countries.

As of now, there are as many as sixteen official novels in "Assassin's Creed" including: Assassin's Creed: Renaissance (2009), Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010), Assassin's Creed: Secret Holy War (2011), Assassin's Creed: Apocalypse (2011), Assassin's Creed: Abandonment (2012), Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (2013), Assassin's Creed: The Revolution (2014), Assassin's Creed: The Underworld (2016), Assassin's Creed: The Last Abortion (2016), Assassin's Creed: The Last Abortion (2016), Assassin's Creed: The Last Abortion (2016), Assassin's Creed: The Last Abortion (2016), Assassin's Creed: The Destiny of the Gods (2017), Assassin's Creed: Heresy (2016), "Assassin's Creed: Official Movie Novel" (2016), "Assassin's Creed: Desert Oath" (2017), "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" (2018), "Assassin's Creed: The Storm of the Ming Dynasty" (2019)

All of these, except for the latest novel of the same name "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey", which has not been introduced and published in China, other works are all published in China.

2. About the author

As mentioned above, among these sixteen novels, one is a novel adapted from the game, and the other is purely original content. Currently, there are 5 main writers who have participated in the novel "Assassin's Creed".

The novels adapted from games of all generations, except "Odyssey", were written by British novelist Oliver Bowden. In addition to being a novelist, Bowden is also a Renaissance history research scholar. His identity as a historical research scholar makes Bowden's novels appear more stringent in the verification of some historical fact-related events, and corrects some parts in some games that are inconsistent with real history. However, in all the novels of Assassin's Creed by Bourden, only the ancient parts of the game are described, and the modern plot parts do not appear in the book.

The latest "Assassin's Creed": Odyssey, Ubisoft did not ask Bourden to take action, but instead completed it by another British writer, Gordon Doherty. The latter is also a historical novelist, and is very proficient in Roman and Byzantine culture. His representative works include the "Legislature" series and the "Military Commander" trilogy.

In 2016, Ubisoft also adapted the novel of the movie "Assassin's Creed". This time the author was Christie Golden, a famous American science fiction and fantasy novelist. Gordon is a frequent visitor to the best-selling list of the United States, and is also well-known in the film and television industry and gaming industry. She has adapted many top IPs into novels, including "Star Wars", "Dungeons and Dragons", "World of Warcraft", "Starcraft", etc. Another original plot work, "Assassin's Creed: Heresy", was also written by Gordon.

Another original plot of the work "Assassin's Creed: The Last Agent" trilogy is written by young writer Matthew J. Kirby. Kirby's works are more aimed at young readers. This time, the "Assassin's Creed: The Last Agent" trilogy also describes the adventure stories of six teenagers with shared destiny and their ancestors. However, the book involves many new settings of the Assassin Universe, and like other novel works by the authors, it also makes important contributions to the improvement of the series' worldview.

Ubisoft's latest authorized "Assassin's Creed: The Ming Dynasty" in the domestic market has chosen the famous science fiction fantasy writer Yan Leisheng. For domestic science fiction and fantasy readers, Mr. Yan Leisheng's name is well-known. Mr. Yan has a large number of works, and his representative works include the "Tianxingjian" series. He has also adapted the novel for the classic game "Xuanyuan Sword: The Seal of the Sky".

3. Introduction to content

1. "Assassin's Creed: Renaissance"

The novel "Assassin's Creed" was originally written not from the first generation of the game, but from "Assassin's Creed 2". "Assassin's Creed: Renaissance" is almost a replica of the plot of the game "Assassin's Creed 2", but the book adds a lot of descriptions of the historical background at that time. In addition, some original content in the novel eventually became two DLCs of "Assassin's Creed 2" and some side quests in "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood".

2. "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood"

The novel is adapted from the game of the same name, but this time the author has expanded many original plots, especially the ending part of the novel, and has also corrected several inaccurate descriptions of historical facts in the game. The game process is much shorter than that of the second generation, but the novel is almost the same length as the previous one, which shows that it is indeed filled with a lot of new content.

3. "Assassin's Creed: Secret Holy War"

The third official novel in the "Assassin's Creed" series returns to the content of the original "Assassin's Creed" game, with the novel using the Italian Assassin Nicollo Polo,Zhikou almost describes the life of a generation of assassin master Altay Bin Rahad. However, the content of the first generation game in the book only accounts for about half of the whole book, and the content of the first generation in the book almost copied the lines in the game. In addition to the original content of the author, the rest of the novel combines the plot of the game "Assassin's Creed: Blood" (please refer to the introduction of the derivative game "Assassin's Creed" that we followed in those years), and another part of the content appears in the game "Assassin's Creed: Revelation". Therefore, this book can also be regarded as a prelude to Assassin's Creed: Revelation.

4. "Assassin's Creed: Revelation"

The novel "Apocalypse" is adapted from the game of the same name. The plot is once again focused on Egio. This novel also adds a lot of original content, especially at the end, combining the plot of the short film "Assassin's Creed: Embers", Egio meets Shao Yun, a female assassin from China.

5. "Assassin's Creed: Abandoned"

From this book, Mr. Bourden began to be no longer satisfied with simply retelling the game content, but greatly enhanced the originality of the novel. This book "Assassin's Creed: Abandoned" is adapted from the game "Assassin's Creed 3", but the content is more like a prequel to the third generation. The novel tells the story of Haytham Kenway, the father of the game's protagonist Connor Kenway in the form of a diary.

6. "Assassin's Creed: Black Flag"

The main plot of "Assassin's Creed: Black Flag" is still adapted from the game of the same name. The protagonist is Edward Kenway, the grandfather of the 3rd generation game protagonist Connor Kenway. However, this novel adds a lot of original content, and introduces the plot background before the game and some situations after the game plot ends. The end of the novel is connected with the novel "Assassin's Creed: Abandoned".

7. "Assassin's Creed: The Great Revolution"

Although the novel has the same title as the game, the game plot only accounts for a very small proportion in the novel. Most of the content is the original content of the author. After the game plot ends, Arnold discovers her diary from Elise's relics, so he understands another aspect of the story through Elise's perspective...

8. "Assassin's Creed: The Underlying World"

The book can be regarded as a prequel to "Assassin's Creed: The Ghost". Most of the novel is about an assassin named Jaydeep Mill (The Ghost). This part takes place before the plot of "The Ghost". The latter part of the novel incorporates the plot of the game and chooses the storyline of Evi Fry.

9. "The Origin of Assassin's Creed: Desert Oath"

This book is a prequel story of Assassin's Creed: Origins, which tells the story of an ambitious lower-level cadre among the ancient preceptors when Ptolemy XII was in power. When he was in power, Raya accidentally discovered the guardians from ancient documents. He believed that they would become obstacles to the development of preceptors, so he hired a killer to eliminate his bloodline by himself., want to use this to seek merit. The last elder of the Guardian discovered that there was a change and urgently summoned Siwa's protector and the father of Bayek to investigate the matter. Bayek was full of confusion about his father's sudden departure, so he embarked on a journey to find his father and continued to grow in it.

10. "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey"

The novel centers on Kassandra, one of the two optional protagonists of the game, and will follow the game to describe key events in the storyline. Of course, the novel will also introduce more content not depicted in the game, allowing readers to further understand the characters' thinking and peek into their motivations more deeply. The book has not been officially published in the country.

11. "Assassin's Creed: The Last Genesis"

The "The Last Age" trilogy is completely original in the "Assassin's Creed" series, including "The Last Age", "The Tomb of Khan" and "The Destiny of the Gods". The novel describes six ordinary American teenagers who were not very relevant because of a unique Animus experience and are involved in the struggle between the Brotherhood of Assassin, the Knights Templars, and other forces around the Trident of Eden, the artifact of Alexander the Great.

12. "Assassin's Creed: Heresy"

Another novel series with completely original plot. Heresy is a novel that focuses entirely on the interior of the Knights Templar. The protagonist of the story, Simon Heatherway, is the new director of the Historical Research Department of Absteiger Industrial Company and a new member of the Inner Templar. After taking office, he proposed to Absteiger CEO Alan Rigin, a new direction for the historical research department: to investigate the Templars' own genetic memory to find ways to repair or use the fragments of Eden. The novel begins here...

13. "Assassin's Creed: The Movie Novel of the same name"

The author of this book is Christy Gordon as well as Heresy. The novel is basically completely faithful to the movie, but due to the author Christy Gordon's expertise in psychological description and the details in writing, it can help readers understand more information that cannot be fully conveyed by the visual expression of the movie alone. In addition, the main text of this book ends with four short stories in the form of four research memoirs, telling the stories of the ancestors of four assassins who appeared in the game that Callum encountered in Absteig.

14. "Assassin's Creed: The Storm of the Ming Dynasty"

The setting of the novel "Assassin's Creed: The Storm of the Ming Dynasty" inherits "Assassin's Creed Chronicle: China". It tells the story of the Chinese assassin Shaoyun who had a top secret mission to travel to the European continent with a top secret mission, studied under the legendary assassin master Ezio, devoted himself to practicing, and after returning, he fought against the Templars and rebuilt the Central Plains Brotherhood.

IV. Conclusion

The influence of the "Assassin's Creed" series is no longer limited to the game scope. The launch of the official novel has made up for the shortcomings of the game plot well, and the original novels have greatly expanded the boundaries of the "Assassin Universe". We hope that in the future we can see a more systematic and complete "Assassin" world, and we hope to see Ubisoft launch more high-quality "Assassin's Creed" novels.