About ANM

A New Manhattan is a crossover fanfiction story between the game Prototype and the game series Assassin’s Creed. It was first released on September 17th, 2017. The first chapter was in the works already in July, but it took as long as almost two months to finish and publish it. This was due to many reasons, but in the end, inspiration was most probably the most apparent.

## General Information

**Genres:** Fanfiction, Drama, Romance, Action/Adventure

**Language:** English

**Rating:** T, bordering to M. (teen/mature)

**Tags:** mild gore, gore, violence, assassins, blood, alternate universe, non-canon relationships, upcoming romance, drama, struggle, killings, canon typical violence, militia, fanfiction.

## Summary

Alex Mercer, amnesiac, is trying to find out what happened to him and what he has become since waking up in a morgue. Desmond Miles, suffering from post traumatic stress, needs to get over his fears in order to save the world.

Will they find strength in each other, or will they both fall and destroy each other?

### Previous summary

Relationships are tested, rules are bent and broken, and lives are put on the line as two worlds collide. While Alex Mercer tries to find out who and what he is, Desmond Miles struggles to muster up enough willpower to get back into the Animus. Will they find strength in each other, or will they both fall and destroy each other?

## Related Links

* ANM on Wattpad
* ANM on AO3
* ANM of FF.net
* ANM on Quotev

### Networks

These are additional links to pages or applications related to A New Manhattan.

* ANM on Tumblr
* The ANM "official" Discord server - *invite link*

## History

The story first appeared on fanfiction.net where it was posted from the account Aziquesa. The first few chapters were seemingly awkward and hastily written. After being processed for over a month, you’d think a chapter should be well written and thoroughly thought out, but such didn’t seem to be the case. There were details missing here and there, and the grammar could be seen as lacking.

Seven chapters were posted from the account. They could be found on fanfiction.net, Wattpad and Archive Of Our Own. A few chapters were also posted on DeviantArt through an account with the same name and owner. The chapters were also shared through a mobile phone app called *Amino* - a platform with thousands of communities free for everyone to browse and join. The specific communities where a link to the story could be found were Prototype Amino, Assassin’s Creed Amino and Fanfiction Amino. This too was through the Aziquesa alias.

After the seventh chapter, months would pass without any activity. The author had seemingly vanished from the face of earth, depending on who you asked back in that day. For four months, ANM was dead and forgotten. Readers popped in now and then, but the author was nowhere to be seen.

### Reappearance

In July 2018 came the first word about the story, from an alias not yet seen before. Elyahahh proved themself existent to the world, and made an announcement that they would be taking over A New Manhattan. If not for the fact that they’d announced previously that they were the “new and improved” Aziquesa, one could have gotten suspicious.

A revised version of the story was posted on August 3rd, 2018. This became a reboot, and a new beginning. The first three chapters were re-posted in a matter of a few hours, together with a brief introduction of the author and a few words about plans for the future. Chapters 4-7 were released during the following days.

On August 11th the first entirely new chapter was released to the world. Chapter eight was named “Relapse and Recovery”, and was the first step in a new direction for A New Manhattan.

### Hiatus

Author Taruyison publicly announced that the story is going on hiatus as of December 17th, 2018.

20 chapters was published before this anouncement was posted, the latest one released on December 11th - almost two months after the initial release of chapter 19. Reasons for the gap is stated as "lack of inspiration" according to the latest announcement.

Up to this date, it is unknown if more chapters are being written behind the scenes.