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'''''Assassin's Creed: Fragments – Aizu's Blade''''' (French: ''Assassin's Creed: Fragments - La lame d'Aizu'') is a French novel. It was released in [[France]] on April 15, 2021, and is part of a new trilogy of ''Assassin's Creed'' young adult books by [[404 Éditions]] known as the ''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments|Fragments]]'' series. | '''''Assassin's Creed: Fragments – Aizu's Blade''''' (French: ''Assassin's Creed: Fragments - La lame d'Aizu'') is a French novel. It was released in [[France]] on April 15, 2021, and is part of a new trilogy of ''Assassin's Creed'' young adult books by [[404 Éditions]] known as the ''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments|Fragments]]'' series. | ||
The events of the novel take place in [[Japan]], following [[Shiba Atsuko]] and her brother [[Shiba Ibuka|Ibuka]] from August 1867 shortly the {{wiki|Icarus affair}} until the [[Battle of Aizu]] in October 1868. | The events of the novel take place in [[Japan]], following [[Shiba Atsuko]] and her brother [[Shiba Ibuka|Ibuka]] from August 1867 shortly the {{wiki|Icarus affair}} until the [[Battle of Aizu]] in October 1868. | ||
Revision as of 16:30, 16 April 2021
Assassin's Creed: Fragments – Aizu's Blade (French: Assassin's Creed: Fragments - La lame d'Aizu) is a French novel. It was released in France on April 15, 2021, and is part of a new trilogy of Assassin's Creed young adult books by 404 Éditions known as the Fragments series.
The events of the novel take place in Japan, following Shiba Atsuko and her brother Ibuka from August 1867 shortly the Icarus affair until the Battle of Aizu in October 1868.
Description
The fate of Japan is about to change...
1868. The Boshin War is about to break out.
The Templars, infiltrated among the Emperor's closest advisors, push the sovereign to launch a campaign against the Tokugawa Shogun, himself supported by the Brotherhood of Assassins. Is the glorious era of the samurai coming to an end?
Atsuko, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, has grown up in the wealthy neighborhoods of Aizu, in the shadow of her brother Ibuka. Promised an arranged marriage, the young girl hides a secret: she is as good with weapons as her brother, whose talent with a sword masks an insurmountable fear of combat.
When war is declared, Ibuka must fight alongside their father for the family's honour. Defying the tradition forbidding women to take part in battles and wanting to protect her brother, Atsuko secretly enlists as a simple soldier, eager to show the extent of her talents.
But in the face of manipulations and plots that go beyond the two teenagers, will brotherly love be stronger? Stronger than convictions and honour?
Discover the breathtaking first novel of Assassin's Creed: Fragments, set in the final days of medieval Japan.[1]
Trivia
- The novel features several historical inaccuracies, such as Jules Brunet claiming to serve the French Third Republic while it was founded in 1870, or the beheading of Matsudaira Katamori during the Battle of Aizu while he was known to have died twenty-five years later in 1893.
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