Name: The Ming storm
ISBN: 9791035501907

YAN LEISHENG

The Ming storm

Yan Leisheng

The Ming dynasty becomes a battleground for the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Order of the Templars in this blockbuster action novel from a previously unexplored part of the beloved Assassin’s Creed universe. China, 16th century. The Assassins are gone. Zhang Yong, the relentless leader of the Eight Tigers, took advantage of the emperor's death to eliminate all his opponents, and now the Templars hold all the power. Shao Jun, the last representative of her clan, barely escapes death and has no choice but to flee her homeland. Vowing to avenge her former brothers in arms, she travels to Europe to train with the legendary Ezio Auditore. When she returns to the Middle Kingdom, her saber and her determination alone will not be enough to eliminate Zhang Yong: she will have to surround herself with allies and walk in the shadows to defeat the Eight Tigers.

An Assassin's Creed Novel

The Ming Storm

Pam Sartain

The Ming Storm by Yan Leisheng is a book in the Assassin's Creed universe. 

I'm a fan of the Assassin's Creed games, and so I was looking forward to this book, but as I haven't read any of the other books in the series, and I'm not up to date on games, so I felt lost when there were references to what had happened before this book.

There's lots of action as you would expect from a story in the Assassin's Creed world!  There's references to other assassin's that you will have come across in this world.

 The Ming Storm  was published on 1st June 2021 and is available from  Amazon ,  Waterstones  and  Bookshop.org .

I'm afraid I couldn't find where you could follow Yan Leisheng.

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to  Aconyte Books .

Nikki Sojkowski

**An ARC of this book was provided to me by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.**

The Ming Storm is the latest novelization of the Assassin's Creed video game franchise. While a long time AC fan, this is my first novelization and I was super excited to get started. Unfortunately, The Ming Storm sacrifices the book's flow and charm for the sake of technical specificity. What could have been a fun action-adventure novel got bogged down by trying to name and describe every specific fighting technique, causing short fights to take up pages and pages of mind-numbing descriptions. The storylines and exhilarating fights are what I love about the Assassin’s Creed video games but this book became a martial arts lecture instead. If the rest of the AC books use the same writing style, I’ll be giving them a pass.

Jess Wragg

3⭐️

“When opposing forces are equal, courage makes all the difference” 

This is probably one of the most unusually written books I have ever read, I am not sure if I read a novel or a guide on Kung Fu! There was so much time spent explaining the individual Kung Fu moves, that I felt it took away from the plot and the action scenes. But at least it was educational!! 

Despite this, I did actually really enjoy the book once it got going. Shao Jun is a great character, she develops a lot throughout the story, it feels like a journey of discovery for her. There are a lot of other strong characters which Shao Jun meets along the way. 

The plot is good, if a little strange at times, with an ending I didn’t see coming. I did find the pacing to be quite slow, that may be due to all the information thrown into it, but if you’re willing to persevere until it gets going, then it’s definitely worth it. 

Overall, if you enjoy very factual historical books, with a bit of a fantasy twist, then I would definitely recommend this. 

Thank you to Netgalley, Aconyte Books and Yan Leisheng for a free copy of this book in return for an honest review. 

Plot - 4/5
Character Development - 3/5
Pacing - 3/5 
Escapism Factor - 3/5
Emotional Connection - 3/5

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