The Caverns of Kalte

Infobox Book
name = The Caverns of Kalte
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author = Joe Dever
cover_artist = Originally Gary Chalk; US edition Don Maitz
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Lone Wolf
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genre = Children's literature
publisher = Berkley / Pacer
release_date = 1984
media_type = Print (Paperback)
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isbn = ISBN 0-425-09357-3
preceded_by = Fire on the Water
followed_by = The Chasm of Doom

"The Caverns of Kalte" was the third book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.

Gameplay

With this third book, players (readers) will begin to find that having played through the previous books in the series and thus carried characters forward from these books can help to a relatively large extent. Since each book successfully completed grants an additional discipline and mastery level, certain parts of the book are substantially harder without these bonuses. This same theme continues through each Lone Wolf book in a given series, encouraging readers to either play through the previous books multiple times, or resort to "cheating" in some capacity.

Plot

After the invasion force of Archlord Zagarna was destroyed, Vonotar, the Sommerlending mage who betrayed his country, escaped to the icy arctic region of Kalte. Lone Wolf is appointed by the king to seek him out and bring him to justice.

This book ends with Lone Wolf battling a giant sea monster, and defeating Vonotar with the help of the freed magician Loy-Kymar.

If the reader is unable to defeat Vonotar quickly enough, an alternate ending occurs where Loy-Kymar is slain in mental combat with Vonotar. In this ending, Vonotar escapes, Loy-Kymar's secrets die with him, and the player returns to the ship to regretfully inform his shipmates that his mission has failed. It is the only time in any Lone Wolf book where the story ends without a victory or Lone Wolf's death.

Reception

Some had speculated that this would be the end of the book series, but Joe Dever had always planned on writing at least four as part of his book deal, and had already sketched out the first 12. [cite web | author=Dever, Joe | title=Joe Dever | publisher=The Kai Monastery | year=1998 | url=http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~as300/dever.html#books | accessdate=2006-04-27]

Awards

*Gamebook of the Year 1987

References

External links

* [http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?name=Lone+Wolf Gamebooks - Lone Wolf]
* [http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=1402 Gamebooks - The Caverns of Kalte]
* [http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/TheCavernsOfKalte Project Aon - The Caverns of Kalte]
* [http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~as300/dever.html#origins Origins of Lone Wolf]