Last Descendants by Matthew J. KirbyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Part of the Assassins Creed series which is based on the ever successful video games. The Templars and Assassins have been going at it since the beginning of time. Both want peace and the overall benefit of mankind. However, their means of achieving this are 180 degrees different . The assassins wish to achieve this by giving freewill to all of mankind, with each person making their own choices. The Templars want a strong, almost dictator type leader who sets the rules of right and wrong.
Owen lost his father in a bank robbery gone wrong. Believing that his father was framed he goes about trying to find the truth. Tired of dealing with all the negative comments his grandparents have to say about his father , Owen enlists the aid of Javier one of his old chums. Together they go to. A man named Monroe who has a machine that can read memory from DNA.
Turns out Owen and Javier have ancestors that met when Cortez caramel to conquer Mexico. Owen gets more than he bargained for as he and a whole bunch of other kids access their ancestors memory at the same time. All of them had ancestors that were templars or assassins. Together they go back to the Civil War era to find a lost relic that could grant the holder certain powers. The Templars want it and the Assassins want it. Monroe is determined that neither shall have it. It is an ascendancy event with a prelude to more adventure.
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