Assassin's Creed: Hawk

Illustrated by Djilall Defaux
Hardcover
$9.99 US
On sale Nov 12, 2013 | 48 Pages | 9781781168394
When Desmond Miles is called away on an urgent mission, he entrusts fellow Assassin Jonathan Hawk with File 24. Hawk sets out to search for the Scepter of Isis – a powerful ancient artifact, lost in time. Through his Assassin ancestor, El Cakr, Hawk travels to Egypt in 1257, where the Scepter lies in the hands of the new Sultan. Pursued in the present by the formidable Templar agent Vernon Hest, Hawk finds himself in a race against time…throughout time.
 
The first of three fantastic new albums in the second cycle of Assassin’s Creed graphic novels from Ubisoft’s Les Deux Royaumes, published for the first time in the English language, Assassin’s Creed: Hawk is the continuation to the exciting, fast-paced Assassin’s Creed comic series, featuring an all-new Assassin in an all-new era!
For more than twenty years, Eric Corbeyran has written successful bande dessinée scripts. Boundless curiosity and fascination for varied art forms have led him to explore a multitude of stories with a deft and dramatic touch.
 
Having developed many successful projects with Eric Corbeyran, Djillali Defali now turns his dramatic and realistic style to the detailed authenticity of the world of Assassin’s Creed.

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When Desmond Miles is called away on an urgent mission, he entrusts fellow Assassin Jonathan Hawk with File 24. Hawk sets out to search for the Scepter of Isis – a powerful ancient artifact, lost in time. Through his Assassin ancestor, El Cakr, Hawk travels to Egypt in 1257, where the Scepter lies in the hands of the new Sultan. Pursued in the present by the formidable Templar agent Vernon Hest, Hawk finds himself in a race against time…throughout time.
 
The first of three fantastic new albums in the second cycle of Assassin’s Creed graphic novels from Ubisoft’s Les Deux Royaumes, published for the first time in the English language, Assassin’s Creed: Hawk is the continuation to the exciting, fast-paced Assassin’s Creed comic series, featuring an all-new Assassin in an all-new era!

Author

For more than twenty years, Eric Corbeyran has written successful bande dessinée scripts. Boundless curiosity and fascination for varied art forms have led him to explore a multitude of stories with a deft and dramatic touch.
 
Having developed many successful projects with Eric Corbeyran, Djillali Defali now turns his dramatic and realistic style to the detailed authenticity of the world of Assassin’s Creed.

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