Flight from the Dark - Book 1 [Import] [Paperback]

Dever & Chalk (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Publisher: SParrow; Reprinted Ed edition (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099358905
• ISBN-13: 978-0099358909
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,097,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars After all these years Lone Wolf is still one of my favorites, March 24, 2004

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C. Johnson (Lawrenceville, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flight from the Dark (Lone Wolf, Book 1) (Paperback)

Gorwing up in the 80's and early 90's I had always been a fan of game books like Choose your own adventure, Advanced Dungeons, interplanetary spy etc. I first saw the Lone wolf books in a 7th grade book fair and my friend convinced me to buy one. I bought Lone Wolf 8: The Jungle of Horrors. After completing that book I was hoooked. I set out to purchase more books from this series, because I had very little money at the time, I only managed to add the following to my collection:
Lone Wolf 1: Flight from the dark
Lone Wolf 3: Caverns of Kalte
Lone Wolf 5: Shadow on the Sand
Lone wolf 10: The Dungeons of Torgar
Lone wolf 13: The Plague Lords of Reul
Lone wolf 15: The Dark Crusade
Lone wolf 16: The Legacy of Vashna

Soon after I really started getting into these books they stopped publishing them. Over the years the books I did have were misplaced. I am a lot older now and recently had a bit of nostalgia and decided to hunt down books 1 - 16 because I thought 16 was the last Lone wolf book. I soon found out that Dever actually had 20 books published in the U.S. I now have books 1 - 19 still searching for that elusive #20. I wasnt planning on reading them, I just wanted to collect them. But after deciding to read Book #1 again I was hooked all over again, I am now on book 8 and plan to complete the entire series whenever I can get Lone wolf 20.

In a world dominated by video games and TV, kids these days never seem to want to read anymore. When I was growing up, video games systems were just starting to come out and were many times too expensive for my parents to afford. Reading books and playing outside were my only forms of entertainment and I think it has done me well in the long run. Books will probally never be a form of entertainment for young kids these days as it was for people growing up in my generation. Who knows one day, books will probally be completely phased out. What a shame. I just wish more kids these days would see that reading can be fun, entertaining and educational at the same time as Joe Dever proved that to me.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A true collector's item., April 15, 2000

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This review is from: Flight from the Dark (Lone Wolf, Book 1) (Paperback)

I was given this book fifteen years ago and have continued to collect all twenty since then, and I'm still looking forward to more. I believe this book can open doors of creativity and imagination for a child's mind, as it did for me.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful RPG gamebook, August 4, 2008

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Mercedes (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Flight from the Dark (Lone Wolf, Book 1) (Paperback)

I found this book/series while searching for Choose Your Own Adventure type books. I've never played Dungeons & Dragons, have always wanted to, but no one to play with. The Lone Wolf series is a wonderful substitue for D&D to play solo. I wasn't sure what I'd get or how much I'd enjoy this book once I received it. I'm glad I purchased this book. It was great fun, only took me a couple times to get the hang of combat and calculating the points. It's quite a change from video game RPGs which I'm extremley familiar with. If you are looking for a great RPG solo book to get you started this is the book for you. It's written for teens/kids so it's easy to read and easy to get into but it does have depth. I've died 6 times in my quest and lived 2 times. I'm very eager to get the second book in the Lone Wolf series and further my adventure. There aren't many solo RPG books, it was popular in the 80s. Books like this are a gem. If you have it, keep it, if you don't have it get it. It passes the time, it's fun, it's an adventure.