Flight from the Dark

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Flight from the Dark
Book 1 in the Lone Wolf series
American book cover
Character	Lone Wolf
Sections	350
Year	MS 5050
Author	Joe Dever
Cover	Gary Chalk (UK) Brian Salmon (UK) Peter Andrew Jones (UK) Don Maitz (USA)
Map	Gary Chalk
Interior art	Gary Chalk
Published	June 1984 February 15, 2018 (Project Aon version)
Next	Fire on the Water

Flight from the Dark was the first book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. According to sales figures, this first book sold over 100,000 copies in its first month of publication alone.

Gameplay

Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play (reading). The player is then allowed to choose which Kai disciplines or skills he or she possess. This number depends directly on how many books in the series have been completed ("Kai rank"). With each additional book completed, the player chooses one additional Kai discipline. In this first book, the player starts with five disciplines.

Plot

At the Kai Monastery is a young initiate, given the name Silent Wolf. On the feastday of Fehmarn, when all the Kai Lords gather at the monastery, Silent Wolf is sent to cut wood from the surrounding forest as a punishment for his inattention in class. While he is gone, a surprise attack is launched from the Darklands at several places across Sommerlund. The Monastery is assaulted and the gathered Kai Lords massacred. Returning from the woods to find himself the only survivor, Silent Wolf renames himself Lone Wolf and sets out for the capital to inform the King of the loss of the Kai.

Collector's Edition

In 2007, Joe Dever completely rewrote the original book into a Collector's Edition, expanding the number of sections to 550 (from 350), and introduced new characters, encounters and alternate paths. In particular, Lone Wolf no longer starts the adventure with the Kai Monastery destroyed while he was unconscious, but may also take part in the defense of the Kai Monastery.

Reception

This book is now thought of as one of the weakest, being the beginning of the series, and the later editions are far richer and descriptive in narrative.

Awards

• Gamebook of the Year 1985

See also

• Flight from the Dark: walkthrough
• How to Meet Banedon in Flight from the Dark

External links

• Gamebooks - Flight from the Dark
• Project Aon - Flight from the Dark