Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga

Matthew J. Kirby brings the work of Assassin's Creed to entertaining and descriptive life. Perhaps for fans of this shared universe and inspiring to think about the stories behind popular characters and video game culture. Highly entertaining for fans of the game series and those who want an adventure on the page.

Great book to immerse me in this universe before the video game gets out! The writing was better than I expected and the balanced between historical/action/intrigue is just perfectly achieved! If you like the Assassin Creed franchise or the Viking, or even better, both!, I would recommend you to check this one out!

As a big fan of the Assassin's Creed video games and having read all the previous books I had to snatch this one up.

I really enjoyed reading this title, if you don't play the games it's still a fascinating historical fiction novel, and if you do I feel like it will expand on the story and lore for the upcoming game as all the other tie ins have done for previous titles. The characters are well written and the story is exciting and interesting through out. I found myself getting annoyed with some of the characters and endlessly hoping for others.

This book has gotten me even more excited for the upcoming game, 5 stars, a great read with characters you'll care about and story you'll get sucked in to.

Thank you to #netgalley, the publisher Aconyte Books and the author Matthew J Kirby, for this fantastic read in exchange for my honest opinion.

Received a free copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A historical fiction novel focusing on Geirmund, a brave and stubborn Viking warrior that is trying to find his own destiny. No previous understanding of the Assassin's Creed games are required to read this novel, nor does one need to be expertly versed in history to read it. I think it does help to at least have played the game beforehand so you can picture some of the characters easier.

Now, this is *exclusively* a historical fiction novel, I can't quite understand the whole "let's slap an Assassin's Creed label on this book!" idea because....nothing from the present-day parts of the game appear. It's literally just about Gerimund. Eivor, the main character in AC: Vallhalla does appear a couple of times but in pretty small doses. That's about it.

The action scenes were well written and the atmosphere definitely felt very Viking-like. I'd say the dialogue could be a bit stilted at times, but it's not a huge problem and doesn't take you out of the book. The characters came off a bit flat sometimes, the one priest named John was my favorite because of his dialogue with Geirmund. How does a priest try to convert a Viking? Not very successfully.

This is a good historical fiction that is true to the brutal Viking lifestyle, but not a great Assassin's Creed novel, if that makes any sense.