Assassin's Creed: The Invisible Imam

Assassin's Creed: The Invisible Imam was a novel written by Steven Barnes, expected to be released on 1 November 2007 by Pocket Books, it was however, cancelled. It was to be the first title of an intended trilogy, with a second book being titled Assassin's Creed: The Eye of Heaven. Pocket Books' Marco Palmieri showed high interest in the book before it was ultimately cancelled. 
==Publisher's summary==
Born to a Muslim father and Christian mother, Abdul Wahid launches a quest for vengeance against the marauders who murdered his parents and destroyed their peaceful village, until he comes to the attention of the Hashassin, a mysterious cadre of warriors that offers him the chance to combat evil as the servant of a higher power.
==Development==
In March 2007, it was reported by Polish video game news outlet, MiastoGier, that publisher Pocket Books had signed a deal with Ubisoft to produce three books written by Steven Barnes. The first of which was to be The Invisible Imam, to release in November.
Issues emerged however, when descendants of the Assassins, members of the sect then-currently led by the , visited the company offices during the novel's design stage. The visit prompted heavy edits to the novel and later, the editors completely removed all religious references.
Finally, they required expert advice on the novel's historical accuracy, and requested advice from Aga Khan's followers. However, by this time publisher Ubisoft had lost interest in the publication, and by November the entire project was cancelled. Barnes stated, that although the series was cancelled he was still paid for the first novel.
Barnes included The Invisible Imam in his non-Assassin's Creed related book titled Assassin and Other Stories.
==References==
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