As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Affiliate disclosure.
Series
The Assassin’s Creed novels expand the historical settings and characters of Ubisoft’s game series through self-contained adventures written by several authors. Each volume places the conflict between Assassins, Templars and related factions within a distinct historical period.
Gordon Doherty’s contribution, Odyssey, follows the Spartan mercenary Kassandra during the Peloponnesian War. It combines military conflict, political conspiracy and travel across the Greek world while adapting the central narrative of the game into a continuous novel.
Reading order
Kassandra grows up as a Spartan child but is cast out after a family tragedy and survives on Kephallonia as a mercenary. Years later, debt and local oppression leave her vulnerable to an offer: kill the Spartan general known as the Wolf in exchange for freedom…