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Oliver Bowden is the pen-name of Anton Gill. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is the thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the game series. 'I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone assassin. I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. This is my brotherhood.' Rome, once mighty, lies in ruins. The city swarms with suffering and degradati Assasin's Creed: Brotherhood (Assassin's Creed, #2), Oliver Bowden
Oliver Bowden is the pen-name of Anton Gill. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is the thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the game series. 'I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone assassin. I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. This is my brotherhood.' Rome, once mighty, lies in ruins. The city swarms with suffering and degradation, her citizens living in the shadow of the ruthless Borgia family. Only one man can free the people from the Borgia tyranny - Ezio Auditore, the Master Assassin. Ezio's quest will test him to his limits. Cesare Borgia, a man more villainous and dangerous than his father the Pope, will not rest until he has conquered Italy. And in such treacherous times, conspiracy is everywhere, even within the ranks of the brotherhood itself... Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is based on the phenomenally successful gaming series. Fans of the game will love these stories. Other titles in the series include Assassin's Creed: Renaissance, Assassin's Creed: Forsaken, Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: شانزدهم ماه می سال 2014 میلادی
عنوان: فرقه اسسین ها: کتاب دوم - پیمان برادری ؛ نویسنده: اولیور (الیور) باودن؛ مترجم: امیر قربان؛ فرزین لازمی زاده؛ کیانا حاج‌دولت؛ خشایار خلیلیان؛تهران، آذرباد، 1391؛
کتاب نخست: رنسانس؛ کتاب دوم: پیمان برادری، مترجمین امیر قربان، فرزین لازمی‌زاده، کیانا حاج‌دولت، خشایار خلیلیان؛ کتاب سوم: نهضت مخفی، ترجمه بهنام حاجی‌زاده؛ کتاب چهار: مکاشفات؛ ترجمه بهنام حاجی‌زاده؛ کتاب پنج: جدا شده؛ ترجمه بهنام حاجی‌زاده؛ کتاب شش: پرچم سیاه، ترجمه محمدرضا قاسمی؛ کتاب هفت: اتحاد، ترجمه بهزاد ناصرفلاح؛ و کتاب هشتم ...؛
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I finished the first book and I wanted to make sure that there's some improvement in the second book. That was me hoping for some improvement.
So I started reading this book, and I was half impressed. A bit of character development? A bit of depth? It definitely looked like it!
Then it had to write about the side-quests - about going to the tailor, about helping a girl with the flowers and about taming a horse. And I realized that it's the same crap, just perhaps
Oh, Christ, what a piece of crap.I finished the first book and I wanted to make sure that there's some improvement in the second book. That was me hoping for some improvement.
So I started reading this book, and I was half impressed. A bit of character development? A bit of depth? It definitely looked like it!
Then it had to write about the side-quests - about going to the tailor, about helping a girl with the flowers and about taming a horse. And I realized that it's the same crap, just perhaps slightly better written. The script of the game - the best game of the franchise, mind you - done badly.
Avoid these books, really. Avoid them.
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Despite the amazing trailer, Brotherhood is my least favourite game from the Assassin's Creed franchise. This is mainly because the events are kind of boring and the villain, even though venomous and ruthless, needs lots of improving.
Imagine if the game is neutral how the book will be.
Yep, you got it!
But the positive thing is the fact that Oliver Bowden improved the story's consistency (and his writing, for that matter). The events were blendi
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Despite the amazing trailer, Brotherhood is my least favourite game from the Assassin's Creed franchise. This is mainly because the events are kind of boring and the villain, even though venomous and ruthless, needs lots of improving.
Imagine if the game is neutral how the book will be.
Yep, you got it!
But the positive thing is the fact that Oliver Bowden improved the story's consistency (and his writing, for that matter). The events were blending together rather nicely, the characters seemed better contoured and Ezio was cooler than ever (or something close to that). All these aspects make Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood a decent read.
Oh, I just need to add that another tiny aspect. If you're not a fan of the game you should probably avoid reading this book (and/or series). You won't get sh*t.
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[…] he went back to the wounded man, nearly slipping on the blood in which the slave trader was slithering. Bending down, Ezio cut one of the man's hamstrings, keeping a hand over his mouth to stop him from howling. That should slow him up. For good. He pressed his mouth close to the man's ear. "If you survive," he said, "and get back to that pox-ridden louse you call your master, tell him all this was done with the compliments of Ezio Auditore. If not—requiescat in pace."...more
This book is about the story of a master Assassin- Ezio Auditore. The novel is based on one of the most famous game, Assassins creed, more specifically, AC brotherhood. If you played the game before, you're going to understand the story a bit deeper. Because the books story simply tells more than the game itself. If you didn't play the game before, it's your best chance to understand Assassin's creed. But you won't understand a lot of things, so
Do you want to know to story of a master assassin?This book is about the story of a master Assassin- Ezio Auditore. The novel is based on one of the most famous game, Assassins creed, more specifically, AC brotherhood. If you played the game before, you're going to understand the story a bit deeper. Because the books story simply tells more than the game itself. If you didn't play the game before, it's your best chance to understand Assassin's creed. But you won't understand a lot of things, so I still recommend you to read the previous books, since you have a lot of catching up to do. Both the story and it's characters are well written. The story starts with Ezio's successful assassination of a evil pope, and lots of problems came after it...
One thing I really like about this book, is how it keeps the original story just like in the game but simply tells more. And the events always keep you engaged, just like how the game keeps you engaged. However, the book also narrates all the violence and killing in great detail. I like it personally, but for people who dislike violence and blood, it's going to be a hard time reading the book. The author describes almost every kill in detail. And those words are so strong it actually forms a image in my mind. Again, it is in great detail.
I will recommend this book to all AC fans, game fans, or readers that likes action/adventure book. But I strong suggest people who can't take the blood and violence not to read the book, because there is a lot of killing and fighting scenes in the book.
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"I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone assassin. I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. This is my brotherhood."
Much better than the first book! Ezio is officially my new favorite Assassin.🖤
3.5/5"I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone assassin. I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. This is my brotherhood."
Much better than the first book! Ezio is officially my new favorite Assassin.🖤
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For me that was excellent, as I don't like spending time re-reading information in series if possible. We get straig
Having read Assassin's Creed: Revelations last week, I immediately moved on to the second book in the series, Brotherhood. This immediately picks off where the last book ended, so I would strongly recommend reading it as the second part of the series. Very little time is wasted on recap; so to get the full picture you already need to know what's happened and who the characters are.For me that was excellent, as I don't like spending time re-reading information in series if possible. We get straight into the action, as we follow Ezio, in the Italian Renaissance, as he continues to lead his organization, the Assassin's in the fight against the Borgia family and their allies - the Templars. The majority of the book takes part in Rome, a city I know well, and I love thinking about what it would have been like during this time period. With the addition of many simple Italian phrases, and actual historical figures from that timeline (with a fair bit of fictional liberty taken of course), it has a lot of atmosphere.
Ezio is also grappling with the mysterious Apple; a technology from a powerful people left to him, and once again I enjoyed the dash of fantasy/sci-fi with my historical action romp.
I have played most of the games; but this book continues in the vein of the first, far exceeding the book for action, storytelling and character development - everything really! Very enjoyable, although it was a fairly simple plot that didn't deviate much from the first book, looking forward to the third in the series as I think it'll be a bit different from here - can't say more, don't want to spoil anything!
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Hopefully, a low point in the series.
First of all, the plot felt so choppy! It was almost like we have this list of chores that Ezio does in the game and we have to put it in the book but instead of letting it flow... it just turns into a list of chores with a bit of an explanation... It didn't grab or interest me at all!
I also thought that this book had a lot of needless gore, definitely a lot more than in the first one. Almost on every page we have someone who is being stabbed in the e
Yeah... This book didn't really work for me.First of all, the plot felt so choppy! It was almost like we have this list of chores that Ezio does in the game and we have to put it in the book but instead of letting it flow... it just turns into a list of chores with a bit of an explanation... It didn't grab or interest me at all!
I also thought that this book had a lot of needless gore, definitely a lot more than in the first one. Almost on every page we have someone who is being stabbed in the eye and we have even had a case where someone got cut in the belly while running so his intestines fell out, he tripped over them and died... I can tell you that this is not happening in the game! I have not issue with gore but this just didn't serve a purpose and that annoys me.
Around the 60% point I just couldn't force myself anymore to read this so I picked up the audiobook, put it on 1.75x speed and that was the only reason that I was able to finish this. I didn't care about the characters or the plot, the plot was crazy choppy which didn't help with my reading experience at all and the gore just made me roll my eyes. I liked the first book and I like the games but this book was just bad.
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The story started when Ezio was seventeen years old and ended at forty eight years old. Even so! I still love Ezio.
The first book was much closer to the game than this one. I noticed one pattern in the book.... Why the books are so close to the game at the first part and towards the end the story were so different from the game? Like in this book, I don't remember in the game when Cesare was in prison after a new Pope was elected. Also, when the now three main (old) character, Ezio, Mach
Awww...The story started when Ezio was seventeen years old and ended at forty eight years old. Even so! I still love Ezio.
The first book was much closer to the game than this one. I noticed one pattern in the book.... Why the books are so close to the game at the first part and towards the end the story were so different from the game? Like in this book, I don't remember in the game when Cesare was in prison after a new Pope was elected. Also, when the now three main (old) character, Ezio, Machiavelli and Leonardo chased after Cezare and his conspirator all the way out of Rome. Anyway, maybe it's a good thing to add more story in the book and skipping the details in the game O_o
Leonardo was the funniest character. He looked like a puppy who lost his home when he wanted to embrace Ezio after Cezare forced him to betray Ezio.
Machiavelli came to become one of my favorite character towards the last part of the book. Thanks his intelligence. He was so persistent when he told Ezio to use the Apple and keeps telling hime to USE IT. XD NAKS
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I'd say if you want to glide a bit ignore the a
Okay...so the books are silly. I liked the first one pretty well but the low bar for actual plot and story sort of lost me in this one. maybe you'll like it if you're just looking for some quick distraction. I mean, it's a story based on a video game. The first one I found a little fun as the pacing and so on was just that. It was game like and not too serious. I think the opening attempt to "deepen" the story a little here was what put me to sleep.I'd say if you want to glide a bit ignore the attempt to "serious-up" the story and read this as a break from thinking. The first I enjoyed. This one just bored me to distraction.
Maybe it's mood? I don't know but that's life I guess.
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Or, rather, people should stop trying to make him Batman. For it is of Batman - particularly the much-vaunted Christopher Nolan movies - that I am reminded by this book. It has something of a tone problem. While its predecessor Renaissance was cursed with an awkward, disjoined plot that left it stumbling around the field like a six-legged antelope with its knees screwed
I will say it once, I shall say it many times more: Ezio Auditore la Firenze - you are not Batman. Stop. Trying. To. Be. Batman.Or, rather, people should stop trying to make him Batman. For it is of Batman - particularly the much-vaunted Christopher Nolan movies - that I am reminded by this book. It has something of a tone problem. While its predecessor Renaissance was cursed with an awkward, disjoined plot that left it stumbling around the field like a six-legged antelope with its knees screwed on the wrong way round, at least it had fun with its own predicament. Brotherhood seems like that same creature has caught a look at itself in a mirror and suffered an existential crisis that has given it the misguided belief that it needs to take itself more seriously.
Ezio, while a little hollow in the last book, is at times downright unpleasant in this one. He seems to be going through something of a second puberty as far as his rationality goes, and suffice to say I was not at all impressed with his poor behaviour toward his family and friends - undeservedly, save for Ezio needed somewhere to direct his man angst. There were whole chapters of this book that were just thuddingly unpleasant in a similar manner: needlessly grim and grumpy and full of squabbling, and some new dollops of gratuitous violence that really don't match up well with a story about ninja anarcho-philosophers zooming around Rome doing battle with the Pope.
That said, tone issue aside, this book is the stronger of the little duology: it benefits from having a more focussed plot, and while the Borgias are rendered with all the complexity of a pack of incestuous Captain Planet villains, they are at least convincingly threatening and compellingly despicable. Points also to the author for being mature in his approach to the surprisingly tragic turn in Ezio's love life, even if the character himself was less so.
There are still issues surrounding the book's existence as a retelling of a video game story - Ezio continues to be invincible at all turns, and many, many chapters toward the story's end could have been done away with completely to save a tree as well as the reader's sanity - but the more focussed and linear central story has reduced their effect somewhat. And I must say, I'm impressed at how compelling Mr Bowden managed to make his dramatisation of that awful, awful tower defence minigame.
So while I feel the book might empirically deserve a better score for tighter plot and stronger focus, the jarring tone and subsequent awkward characterisation knock it back down again. The reviewer taketh and the reviewer giveth away. I wonder, also, if this book deliberately made itself feel so conclusive as a jab at Ubisoft for making AC: Revelations in some way. I have to say, if that's the case, I don't entirely blame him.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to boot the game up and chuck Ezio into the Tiber for a bit until we remember how to have fun.
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Just the last chapter made me cry..... Cesare was my favorite! I wanted to delete game when I had to kill him, now I had to READ the same scene... No... not my Ce Was so happy to get back to this story. I have played Brotherhood not so long time ago, so I still remembered all story. And I remembered all the places I have visited in Rome in real life too. The book actually has more scenes and more stuff than the game. But I couldn't put this book down. I was taken into Ezio world since first page.
Just the last chapter made me cry..... Cesare was my favorite! I wanted to delete game when I had to kill him, now I had to READ the same scene... No... not my Cesare.... just not him... damn, you Ezio! ...more
One thing that greatly added to my dislike of the book was the constant references to other installments in the franchise, and I can't say if that's a choice by the author or something from the game. Since I haven't played the games or read any of the books in the series I just felt out of it 90% of the time. That being said the story was also somewhat predictable.
Another thing that really bothered me was the constant use of 'foreign language'. The book is set in Italy, I assumed they were speaking Italian the whole time (that was just written in English because that's the language the book/game was written in) - then out of no where they randomly put in these random Italian phrases and words - this would not be a bad thing if they confirmed the characters were mainly speaking in English, which the author never actually does. So there are just these random conversations in Italian (which you then have to go to the back of the book to get the direct translation of whatever is being said).
Also there are way to many characters to keep track of, which goes back to my earlier comment about references to previous installments.
The book is also Split into 3 parts Part 1 is 400 pages, part 2 is 20 pages, part 3 is 10 pages - There are really no climaxes or anything between the parts, there is really no reason for those part separations to be there
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Also there are several problematic plot points that just made me enjoy the book less and less, like a prostitute getting chocked until she passes out and then raped, meanwhile Ezio justifies not doing anything by saying her eyes seemed to tell him she was in control of the situation - what even is this? like seriously what the hell is this crap?
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The book fills in a good deal more than the book, extra meet
a bit of an odd one, this. I knew the name of the book was the same as one of the AC games, but i wasn't expecting that it would follow the plot of the game. I assumed that it would be an extra part of the canon, as it were, like so many other franchises do, like star wars. But no. If you've played the game, and especially--like me--if you've played it many many times, there will be no surprises here, no sudden "oh no!" deaths etc etc.The book fills in a good deal more than the book, extra meetings conversations etc but overral I found it boring because i hate knowing what's going to happen.
Add to that, it's not particularly well written. There's been some research done, that's clear but the style is quite simplistic. Perhaps because it's supposed to be squarely aimed at teenage boys despite the figures proving over and over that gaming is pretty well equal these days.
It reads like fan fiction, because that's what it is, and not the good kind, either.
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Oliver Bowden tells a good tale insofar as he tells the story more or less verbatim as it was expressed in the game series. But that's basically all that he does; re-tell the story the game series did with little elaboration and none of the sense of adventure, excitement or discovery.
It was, for me, an "okay" novel. Bowden's previous work, "Assassin's Creed: Renaissance" was dry and unmoving but I thought I'd give him another chance in this sequel. Honestly, it didn't move me. I
What can I say?Oliver Bowden tells a good tale insofar as he tells the story more or less verbatim as it was expressed in the game series. But that's basically all that he does; re-tell the story the game series did with little elaboration and none of the sense of adventure, excitement or discovery.
It was, for me, an "okay" novel. Bowden's previous work, "Assassin's Creed: Renaissance" was dry and unmoving but I thought I'd give him another chance in this sequel. Honestly, it didn't move me. It told the story but in such a manner that I felt it dry. Like a juicy steak that had been left in an evaporator for an hour before being served.
It's not that he's a bad writer; but that this writing lacked the vital spark that lent the original story it's grandeur. A fair effort, but not to my liking.
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In this book Edzio is in Roma and he is the only assasin in the city. His uncle Mario Auditore Firenze was murdered by Ceasere the Borgia Captain. Edzio try to eliminated the Borgias.
It s a great book. Try to read it
Me when playing Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, one seriously addictive game:
Me when reading Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, one seriously dull book:
Me when playing Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, one seriously addictive game:
Me when reading Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, one seriously dull book:
An interesting read.
A good plot line, character development, and generally good pacing. A little rushed towards the end and so many grammatical errors.
Definitely needs an editor who knows what they are doing.
So I just finished this book, Brotherhood was my favorite part of the AC games but the book snuffed the fun out of it for some reason .. don't get me wrong it WAS action packed but the plot was so bizarre that sometimes I struggled with the sequence of the events
In this book we follow Ezio while he fights the Borgia family which is so corrupted that I can't think of a crime they didn't commit .. Cesare is the main villain in the story and Ezio ( who is now a master assasin) was after 2.5 stars
So I just finished this book, Brotherhood was my favorite part of the AC games but the book snuffed the fun out of it for some reason .. don't get me wrong it WAS action packed but the plot was so bizarre that sometimes I struggled with the sequence of the events
In this book we follow Ezio while he fights the Borgia family which is so corrupted that I can't think of a crime they didn't commit .. Cesare is the main villain in the story and Ezio ( who is now a master assasin) was after him with the help of the apple and the famous Leonardo Da Vince he tries to defeat him
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Oliver Bowden is a pen-name (a pseudonym adopted by the author) in order to hide his true identity. However, his profession and location are accurate.
According 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.
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.
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