Assassin's Creed: Forsaken

Good book...original Ubisoft publication...Haythem narrates the story from his childhood how Edward brought him up, how he became a Templar and all...last part is narrated by Connor since Haythem will b killed in the last by Connor

First of all the story is not completely based on assassin's creed 3.The story focuses on Haytham rather than Connor who only has a limited role. It elaborates Haytham's life after the death of his father and how he got his revenge and how he was inducted into the Templar order (Bad guys??Of sort u decide). Brilliant writing by Oliver Bowden thrilling gripping and totally unpredictable.Must read for AC3 and black flag fans alike

I read the book and played assassin's creed 3 remastered and read the book again it's that good.I like how it's done in journal manner as you see a whole new view of templars and their order by Haytham's point of viewI think there are like 450 pages in the book

Totally fake not a original productAnd the seller also doesn’t refundPoor qualityDon’t buy thisGreatly disappointed :(

Haytham Kenway's life story. What more to say?One of the best books out there.

Fantastic quality and great story

Very nice book. Well done Oliver Bowden. I would like to say one thing: just go for it

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As always, Bowden delivers a solid side dish of a novel to an ASsassins Creed game. This time round it is Assassins Creed 3, set in the American Revolution, and Bowden does his usual by focusing not on the main character in the game, Conor, but on Haytham Kenway, his father and technically the ‘villain’ of the game.To some extent this book rehabilitates Haytham’s character, and shows him to be a far more multi dimensional character than the game alone allows. It shows how his childhood, and his fathers murder, shaped his worldview and how he was conned into becoming a Templar, but then decided to remain one albeit a disaffected, rebellious one ( a contradiction in terms, a rebellious Templar, surely).It’s a solid read, and for me helped flesh out Assassins Creed 3’s main plot. I’d recommend this mainly for fans of the Assassins Creed games, but non-gamers may enjoy this too.

I always read these novels from cover to cover, they're great fun to read. The author this time has chosen to include a lot of backstory not shown in the game and it explains so much more of the storyline, it covers Haytham Kenways childhood, from the tragedy that results in him having to abandon his house and be taken under the wing of Reginald Birch, to all the events of the videogame, and yet more backstory in the years in between where the game jumped ahead 4 years or more at a time. It gives you a richer understanding of the complete events of the game, and also it portrays Haythams character in a very human light the whole way through, which wasn't the case in the game. It follows Haytham through the story from start to finish, there's barely any mention of his son Connor, and it's a better read for it, I much prefer Haytham over Connor, even if it is only the accent that does it. If you've bought the other Assassins Creed novels, this one is the best by far because there's a ton of original writing for once, the previous novels were more or less ripped word for word from the game, this time that does still happen in some places but overall there's a wealth of new content here. Highly recommended.

I am late into this 'legend'.My grandchildren have lived this series, as has my 'gamer' son (not his children).I have to recommend any enquiring mind (that has time to) explore this series x3 of the 6 I have read certainly seem of the same hand, whilst another 3 offer perspectives that are entirely challenging, yet 'real'?!.There are 3 definite 'questions' in this novel that marred it's due joy; proof reader faults or software glitches?!Either/or are significant faults and sadly cause me to wonder at my 'support'?!This could be the narrative that enables many to embrace 'others' ideals without prejudice OR . . . affirm else.If this is truly one author; All hail to you x Such wealth of acceptance and delivery has to be exhausting, but you need to kick your publishing house in the butt as they are letting you down!

I have to preface this with the fact that I do love all of Oliver Bowden's Assassin's Creed books and am a huge fan of the games so I am biased.However unlike others have that have said this book is not as good as it does not follow as closely to the game plot; I disagree to me this makes the book better and the mythos of the games so much deeper. Which is why I enjoyed it so much that I found it hard to put down, it didn't hurt that I also really liked Haytham in the game; even if he was a Templar.The story follows Connor understanding his father through his journals from a boy to the Grand Master Templar of the Americas. The underlying theme of the game from Connor's perspective and the books from Haytham's is why can't they all get along? That although the Templars and the Assassins go about things in different ways at the heart of it all they want the same thing. Peace everlasting. As naive as that simple want is.I liked the idea that Bowden took with this book that he didn't centre it on the main character of the game, but instead explored his roots and the roots of his father further, because as much as it is explained in the game it is never truly given much depth and this book managed to show a "what if" side to the ending chapter of the games.Some have said that Haytham was constantly going between being in a sticky situation on one page and the next being out of it, but how is that any different to the other plot lines? This is the sort of book you do not read for realism, but for the sheer joy of escapism in to a beautifully rendered and described landscape, where one moment you are in the High Society of London the next The Frontier and then The Middle East saving your long lost sister.Through the journal entries you become engrossed in a characters life that was fully lived, if not always happily. Which is just like real life and even with some of the seemingly unrealistic plotting; gives the reader something to relate to.I would recommend this book to anyone that appreciates Bowden's writing and the games in general, or anyone that wants an action filled piece of escapism. However I learnt the hard way being at memory sequence 9 when the book came out and reading it in a matter of days that it would have been better to read Forsaken after finishing the game.If you are easily moved to tears like I am, you will need a few tissues.

This book is a great companion to the Assassin's Creed 3 console game, as it gives the character Haytham Kenway much more depth and really helps create an understanding behind his motives: it also covers events not included in the main game, so it works very well as a standalone historical fiction book.Bowden's writing style is very dynamic and suits the Assassin's Creed series well: the attention to detail and atmosphere make it very easy to visualize the environments and characters, but not overly so that you lose too many pages on just descriptions.The book's length at about 500 pages is not too long or short, and the chapters are broken down into perfect reading chunks if you are short on time. I personally really enjoyed the 'journal' perspective of the books, but this may not be to everyone's liking...A great read if you loved the game, or even if you just love historical books in general!