书名：Assassin’s Creed Underworld 刺客信条8：底层世界 

作者：Oliver Bowden

出版社名称：Penguin Books

出版时间：2015

语种：英文

ISBN：9781405918862

商品尺寸：11.1 x 2.7 x 18.1 cm

包装：平装

页数：360（以实物为准）

《刺客信条》系列官方小说是根据育碧娱乐软件公司旗下的畅销游戏改编而来，全系列目前共八册，分别为：秘密圣战、文艺复兴、黑旗、遗弃、大革命、启示录、兄弟会、底层世界。Assassin’s Creed Underworld《刺客信条：底层世界》为第8册，基于游戏“刺客信条：辛迪加”改编，为“刺客信条：辛迪加”的前传。本书为英文原版，适合有一定英文基础的AC粉或科幻小说爱好者阅读。推荐理由： 1.《刺客信条·辛迪加》官方前传小说，英国历史学家奥利弗·波登操刀创作； 2.地道英式英语，原汁原味，用词较为简单，基础一般的读者也容易读懂； 3.英文原版，印刷清晰，纸质护眼，小巧便携，方便随时翻阅。 *Brand new tie in book to the new Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate* Assassin’s Creed: Underworld is the eighth gripping novel from Oliver Bowden set in the immersive world of Assassin’s Creed.

一个饱受耻辱的刺客。 一位深藏不露的间谍。 一段追求救赎的旅途。 1862年，伦敦。 在工业革命的影响下，世界上首条地下铁路正在建造之中。当挖掘工作正在进行时，工人们意外发现了一具尸体。这具尸体也点燃了圣殿骑士与刺客之间，长达数个世纪的争斗的新篇章。 一位带着黑暗秘密的刺客，肩负将圣殿骑士击败、解除其对这个国家首都的掌控之大任，亦隐姓埋名于此地。 不久之后，兄弟会将把这个人称做“亨利？格林、雅各布和伊薇？弗莱的导师”，而现在，他仅仅是个不为人知的“幽灵”…… A disgraced Assassin. A deep-cover agent. A quest for redemption. 1862, and with London in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, the world’s first underground railway is under construction. When a body is discovered at the dig, it sparks the beginning of the latest deadly chapter in the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars. Deep undercover is an Assassin with dark secrets and a mission to defeat the Templar stranglehold on the nation’s capital. Soon the Brotherhood will know him as Henry Green, mentor to Jacob and Evie Frye. For now, he is simply The Ghost.

Oliver Bowden奥利弗·波登，原名Anton Gill，英国历史学家、科幻奇幻小说作家，曾创作过多部畅销作品，被《泰晤士报》盛赞为“高阶奇幻的先行者”。知名游戏公司“育碧”旗下的刺客信条游戏系列小说由其创作。 Oliver Bowden is a pseudonym for Anton Gill, renaissance historian and author of thirty-five books, including “Il Gigante,” “Art Lover,” and “The Great Escape.” With acting credits that span stage and screen, Gildart Jackson is most often recognized for his role as Gideon on “Charmed.” Other notable TV roles include Jackson Palmer on “Providence” and Simon Prentiss on “General Hospital,” and his theater roles include Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady,” and Adrian in “Private Eyes at the Old Globe.”

PART ONE Ghost TownI The Assassin Ethan Frye was leaning on a crate in the shadows of Covent Garden market, almost hidden by the tradesmen’s carts. His arms were folded across his chest, chin supported in one hand, the soft, voluminous cowl of his robes covering his head. And as the afternoon dwindled into evening he stood, silent and still. Watching. And waiting. It was rare for an Assassin to rest his chin on his leading hand like that. Especially if he was wearing his hidden blade, which Ethan was, the point of it less than an inch from the exposed flesh of his throat. Closer to his elbow was a light but very powerful spring mechanism designed to deploy the razor-sharp steel; the correct flick of his wrist and it would activate. In a very real sense, Ethan was holding himself at knifepoint. And why would he do this? After all, even Assassins were not immune to accidents or equipment failure. For safety’s sake the men and women of the Brotherhood tended to keep their blade hands clear of the face. Better that than risk ignominy or worse. Ethan, however, was different. Not only was he practiced in the art of spying—and resting his chin on his strongest arm was an act of deception designed to fool a potential enemy—but he also took a dark delight in courting danger.