These plans are thwarted when Abbas has Malik killed and frames Altaïr for his death. Malik has been imprisoned but claims innocence.Īltaïr breaks him out of jail planning to confront Abbas and reclaim his place as Master Assassin. He discovers that despite being told that his son Sef had traveled to Alamut, his son was actually murdered by Malik. In their absence, Abbas proclaimed himself 'Master of the Assassins' and took over Masyaf, ruling with tyranny.Īltaïr is met with cold indifference. The Secret Crusade then progresses to many years later where an older Altaïr, with his wife Maria and their son Darim, are returning to Masyaf Altaïr's home after successfully assassinating Genghis Khan. The news that Abbas' father killed himself causes problems between himself and Altaïr. Despite this, Altaïr tells Abbas, who receives the news poorly. Altaïr soon begins to train under Al Mualim, leader of the Assassin Order.Īl Mualim instructs him not to tell his fellow Assassin Abbas of his father's suicide. Some time later, he also watches one of his father's fellow Assassins kill himself out of guilt over the death of Altaïr's father. Altaïr watches his father's execution which was carried out for causing the unintended death of a noble. It details the life of Altaïr, an Assassin beginning with the death of his father. The Secret Crusade's story follows Altaïr, as told by Niccolo Polo. The books follow various time periods and revolve around the Assassins at war with the Knights Templar. The Assassin's Creed series, by Oliver Bowden, Christie Golden, Matthew Kriby and Gordon Doherty is a collection of novels set within the Assassin's Creed video game universe. The Secret Crusade (Assassin’s Creed #3), Oliver Bowden Gill ceased being Oliver Bowden some years back and the author Andrew Holmes ( Sleb, 64 Clarke) has published the last six titles of the Assassin's Creed series ( The Secret Crusade, Forsaken, Black Flag, Unity, Underworld, and Desert Oath) using this pen-name. However, his profession and location are accurate.Īccording to Bowden's interview with UbiWorkshop, he is an avid gamer and gains much of his inspiration for character development throughout the writing process from playing the Assassin's Creed series.

Oliver Bowden is a pen-name (a pseudonym adopted by the author) in order to hide his true identity. Bowden has written novelizations of several of the Assassin's Creed console games. He is an acclaimed novelist and Renaissance historian currently living in Paris, France. Gill was born in Ilford, Essex, the son of a German father and an English mother, and grew up in London. Anton Gill (aka Oliver Bowden) has been a full-time professional writer since 1984, and in the course of the last 27 years he has published 35 books.

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