Synopses & Reviews
PUBLISHING HISTORY- Dell Publishing originally published the old Fighting Fantasy Series in the mid '80s and published 20 volumes in all. Each of the books sold 100,000 copies, making them one of the most popular interactive fantasy series.- Wizard Books in England relaunched the series in England in June 2003, starting with The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and has so far sold over 50,000 copies, indicating even more of an audience since the rise of interactive video games and movies such as Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.- The Fighting Fantasy Series plays right into the enthusiasm of the interactive fantasy gaming player/reader.
Synopsis
FIGHTING FANTASY is the brilliant series of adventure gamebooks in which YOU are the hero! Decide which monsters to fight, which paths to take, who to trust and when to run. Can you survive the clutches of the hideous Bloodbeast, or defeat a noxious inhuman Orc? Deep in the caverns beneath Firetop Mountain lies an untold wealth of treasure, guarded by a powerful Warlock -or so the rumor goes. Several adventurers like yourself have set off for Firetop Mountain in search of the Warlock's hoard. None has ever returned. Do you dare follow them?