Assassins and Templars: Death Cults of the Crusades
Steve Tibble

Assassins and Templars tells an almost unknown story - how two of the medieval world's most extraordinary and high profile organisations formed a shockingly bloodthirsty but entirely unrecognised 'partnership of death'. The book is, in effect, the true story behind the hugely popular video game, ‘Assassin’s Creed’.

 These were two groups which loathed each other, and had ostensibly nothing in common. They had vastly different reputations and followings, and yet they came up with strikingly similar, almost parallel, strategies. 

 Using a wealth of fascinating stories which have barely reached a popular audience, the book explains how the extreme passions and activities of the Templars and the Assassins mirrored each other, albeit with an irony of which they were unaware. We explore how these two larger than life 'death cults' bounced off each other during the crusades and continued to do so throughout the centuries that followed - both in historical reality and in the way we continually retell and conflate their fascinating legends.