'Assassin's Creed Underworld' Novel Coming Out
The "Assassin's Creed" multimedia franchise is ever-expanding. A live-action movie adaptation is in the works, with high-caliber actors Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard on board. And most recently, author Oliver Bowden announced that he is coming out with another novel in the "Assassin's Creed" book series.
According to a report in IGN, "Assassin's Creed Underworld," the eighth novel in the series as well as an official art book for the upcoming game "Assassin's Creed Syndicate" will be released later this year, as announced by the game's developer, Ubisoft.
Oliver Bowden once again penned the book, which revolves around the world of Assassins as depicted in the video game universe. The book's Amazon listing has the following plot analysis:
"A disgraced Assassin. A deep-cover agent. A quest for redemption. 1862, and with London in the grip of the Industrial Revolution, the world's first underground railway is under construction. When a body is discovered at the dig, it sparks the beginning of the latest deadly chapter in the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars," it reads.
"Deep undercover is an Assassin with dark secrets and a mission to defeat the Templar stranglehold on the nation's capital. Soon the Brotherhood will know him as Henry Green, mentor to Jacob and Evie Frye. For now, he is simply The Ghost," the synopsis continues.
It ties the book directly to the upcoming game "Assassin's Creed Syndicate," where twins and Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye are the main playable characters. The book will be released on Nov. 5 in the U.K. and on Dec. 1 in the U.S.
In addition to the novel, an official art book "The Art of Assassin's Creed Syndicate" will be made available a few days after the game is released on Oct. 23. It is said to feature 192 pages of previously unreleased concept art along with commentaries from artists and developers. A limited "slipcase edition" will also be released which comes with signed concept art prints.
The upcoming game will also come in five different editions: the Standard Edition, the Rook Edition, the Gold Edition, the Charing Cross edition and the Big Ben edition. It will be released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2015, and for PC in the last quarter of 2015.
