title: Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath
author:  Oliver Bowden 
description: Oliver Bowden is a pseudonym for an acclaimed novelist. He is the author of the Assassins Creed tie-in novels.
zlib_text: **LAST CHANCE**
  
  I snarled and came forward, blades cutting half circles in the air, hoping to
  daze or disorient him. His expression hardly changed, and with fast movements
  of his elbow and forearm he met my attack easily. He was concentrating on my
  left hand, the hand that held the sword, and before I even realized he was
  doing it, my cutlass went spinning from my bloody fingers to the dirt.
  
  My hidden blade was all I had left now. He concentrated on it, knowing it was
  new to me. Behind him more guards had gathered in the courtyard, and though I
  couldn’t understand what they were saying, it was obvious: I was no match for
  El Tiburón; my end was but a heartbeat away.
  
   _Ace titles by Oliver Bowden_
  
  ASSASSIN’S CREED: RENAISSANCE
  
  ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD
  
  ASSASSIN’S CREED: THE SECRET CRUSADE
  
  ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS
  
  ASSASSIN’S CREED: FORSAKEN
  
  ASSASSIN’S CREED: BLACK FLAG
  
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  **THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP**
  
   **Published by the Penguin Group**
  
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