Book excerpt: To mark 10 glorious year of Assassin’s Creed, Titan Comics are bringing together the franchise’s best-loved characters for a celebratory series like no other! Get ready for four brand new adventures starring fan favorite Assassins like Edward Kenway and Altair, along with the series’ celebrated Renaissance roof-crawler, Ezio Auditore de Firenze! Four-part mini series written by Ian Edginton and illustrated by Valeria Favoccia! Master Templar Juhani Otso Berg faces a dilemma… Loyal to the Order, but sensing growing dissent from within, the former special-ops tactician has recently adopted the mantle of The Black Cross in order to effectively root out treachery from the shadows. Aware of his Order’s limitations – along with the strengths of his enemies – Berg has begun to search the past for alternative methods of implementing the Templar doctrine. Utilizing Abstergo’s immense resources (and a certain genetic profile) to dig into the annals of the Assassin Brotherhood, Berg hopes to discover new insights and information from the exploits of his adversaries. For as it has been often said, the only way to fully know one’s enemy is to become him…