Part one opens with Nikolai battling Templar agents to gain control of a powerful Holy relic, hidden within Moscow's walls. This first edition leads to a metaphorical Boss fight with Tzar Alexander the Third. The fight is a clash of swords and hidden blades aboard a speeding bullet train.
Nikolai boards the train and fights
Part two picks up with a plot of Nikolai's to attack a Templar research station in Siberia, which leads, happily enough, to the Tunguska event (a large explosion killing thousands). Meanwhile in modern (1988) time, Daniel is attempting to gather history on the assassin's order.
Tunguska Event as shown in "The Fall"
Part three is where it takes a dramatic turn for the worst. Daniel meets with the modern mentor of the assassin's creed, and kills him, because you then find that Daniel was an Abstergo (Templar organization) sleeper agent brainwashed to kill the mentor at around the age of 7.
All in all a very good fast paced read that is sure to make "Assassin's Creed" fans happy.
Nikolai and Daniel in the Animus
Thanks for reading
-Chryonasake