Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction is a novel written by David Michaels. The novel is an original story set in 2009/10 (two years before the Conviction game). It is not a novelization of the game Splinter Cell: Conviction, but rather a semi-prequel (covering some of Sam's time on the run between Double Agent and Conviction). The novel was released in 2009 and was followed by Splinter Cell: Endgame which covers events preceding the novel, but also covers the same events of the novel but from Ben Hansen (and team of Splinter Cell's) POV, and covers events past the novel. It was published by Penguin Group.