User blog:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 18-02-'16 – New Assassin's Creed book series announced

Ubisoft and Scholastic have announced a collaborative effort in the form of a new Assassin's Creed book series. The young adult novels, written by Matthew J. Kirby, will be titled Last Descendants, with its first installment set to release in September of this year. The second novel will come out in January 2017.

The books will follow a group of teenagers who are dragged into the conflict between the Assassins and Templars. In the present day, the protagonist Owen will dive into the genetic memories of his ancestors, visiting locations such as 1860s New York and the Aztec Empire during the Spanish conquest. The story will include characters like, Hernán Cortés and.