The Darke Crusade

Infobox Book
name = The Darke Crusade


author = Joe Dever
cover_artist = US edition Dave Dorman
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Lone Wolf
subject =
genre = Children's literature
publisher = Berkley / Pacer
release_date = 1991
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages =
isbn = ISBN 0-425-13798-8
preceded_by = The Captives of Kaag
followed_by = The Legacy of Vashna

"The Darke Crusade" is the fifteenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.

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. The player is then allowed to choose Grandmaster Kay disciplines and a selection of Dessi and Crystal Star magics. This number depends directly on how many books in the series have been completed ("Grandmaster rank"). With each additional book completed, the player chooses one additional discipline. The Grandmaster series is different from any in the previous series of books because it gives Lone Wolf spells to use which grow more numerous as his Grandmaster Rank increases.

Plot

Once more, Lone Wolf's help is sought by a monarch, this time King Sarnac of Lencia. While battling the Drakkarim under control of Magnaarn, the High Warlord of Darke, the Lencians have discovered that Magnaarn seeks an ancient artifact, the Doomstone of Darke. It is feared that he is close to discovering this artifact, and with it, the power to rally the Nadziaranim sorcerers and other Darklord allies against Lencia. Lone Wolf and the reader take up the cause of Lencia to thwart Magnaarn's aims.

External links

* [http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?name=Lone+Wolf Gamebooks - Lone Wolf]
* [http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=1444 Gamebooks - The Darke Crusade]
* [http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/TheDarkCrusade Project Aon - The Darke Crusade]