title: Assassin's Creed the Renaissance Codex Book 1
author:  Oliver Bowden 
description: Oliver Bowden is the pen-name of an acclaimed novelist. He has written all the Assassin's Creed titles.
zlib_text: Also in the _Assassin’s Creed_ series
  
  Renaissance
  
  Brotherhood
  
  Assassin’s Creed
  
   _The Secret Crusade_
  
  OLIVER BOWDEN
  
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