Assassin's Creed: The Magus Conspiracy

The war between Assassins and Templars wreaks havoc in the Victorian era, in this breakneck thriller which opens up a whole new chapter of the Assassins Creed universe. From Sunday Times best selling author of The Embroidered Book, Kate Heartfield London, 1851 When Pierette, a daring acrobat performing at the Great Exhibition, rescues the mathematician Ada Lovelace from a gang of thugs, she becomes immersed in an ancient feud between Assassins and Templars. But Lovelace is gravely ill, and shares her secrets with Pierette, sending the acrobat in search of a terrible weapon the Engine of History which shed been developing for a shadowy figure known as the Magus. Pierettes only ally is Simeon Price, Lovelaces childhood friend who belongs to a Brotherhood devoted to freedom. With Simeons aid, they uncover a startling web of political assassinations destabilizing Europe. As they race to foil the Templars deadly plot, murders and bombs are everywhere they look, but hope is nowhere in sight.