Assassin''s Creed: Desmond was a graphic novel released in November 2009 in France And Canada focusing on Desmond Miles before the events of the first Assassin''s Creed game, it then fast forwarded to the events of Assassin''s Creed II just as Desmond was about to enter the Animus and enter the memories of his ancestor-Ezio Auditore da Firenze for the first time.