
Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
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Named by The Times as the all-time number one crime writer, Patricia Highsmith was an author who...

The Years (Vintage Classics Woolf Series)
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SUSAN HILL, The Years follows the lives of the Pargiters, a large...
Maigret's Revolver
Georges Simenon and Sian Reynolds
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When Maigret's prized gun goes missing, he must travel to London on the trail of a troubled young...

Ducdame
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"Ducdame" was John Cowper Powys' fourth novel published in 1925. It is set in Dorset. The...

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Archie Comics Presents: Betty and Me (Volume 1)
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BETTY AND ME VOL. 1 is the first of a chronological collection of titles featuring the classic...

Elven Dwarf
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Are you a fan of Tolkien, then you will love Elven Dwarf. An evil presence arising in Neldorailin...

Secret City
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Beneath the peaceful facade of Canberra, there is a secret city of deals and divided loyalties, lies...

David McK (3562 KP) rated A Clash of Lions (100 Years War, book 2) in Books
Mar 31, 2024
I'm also finding this a little bit hard to rate: whilst the *story* was interesting, as was the history, I found the prose itself to be a little bit too dry; never really grabbing me and sucking me in the way a, say, Bernard Cornwell might.
I'll still read the next in the series, though.

Connor Sheffield (293 KP) rated Assassin's Creed: Revelations in Books
May 15, 2017
Following the story of the third and final game in the Ezio story line, as seen in the Ezio Collection video game, and combining it with his final moments told in the 'Assassin's Creed: Embers' short film with more detail, as books do best.
The Revelations Novels offers us insight into the mind of an aging Ezio, as he journeys to Constantinople where the Templar Order are threatening to destabilize the Ottoman Empire. Ezio meets new friends even after all these years, such as Yusuf. Ezio also discovers more about his ancestor Altaïr and the mystery behind what lies in Altaïr's tomb beneath Masyaf.
His journey began as a pilgrimage, but quickly turns into a battle with the Templar's once more. With help from his new friends, and allies, Ezio must help stop the rising Templar army in order to find the missing keys to the Masyaf tomb. Through letters to his sister Claudia, and through the same format as the previous two Ezio novels, we read about Ezio as though we were watching him in the animus, but unable to control what happens, unlike the video game.
As mentioned in my previous review, I'm not sure how many times I can praise Bowden for his work on this series. All I can say is that he does not fail to entertain and reveal a new experience to the world of Assassin's Creed. If you have read my previous reviews then you know how much I praise this man for his work on the series of Novels he has written for the fans. Each one delivers a new thrilling experience and each one stays true to the events of the video game as much as possible. Of course each person who plays the video game plays differently. These novels give more of a sense of what the Assassin's themselves would have truly done in the events that unfold.