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VOYAGE OF TERROR (Grailquest, Book 4)

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This book is part of the Grailquest series, and it's a roleplaying game were the reader is supposed to be the hero. In each of the books of the series, you're playing the role of a young adventurer whose name is Pip, saving King Arthur's kingdom. In this specific adventure, you must prevent a Saxon invasion, but Merlin somehow missed a spell and you find yourself trapped in the Greek mythic ages... Weird, isn't it? Well, J.H. Brennan vision of the round table is a twisted and amusing one, somewhere between the original round table legends and Monty Python's Holy Grail, which makes this book (and all the others in the Grailquest series) very enjoyable. I discovered Voyage of Terror when I was 10 (I'm now 24) but I think it's still worth the read, especialy if you like fantasy and Terry Pratchett's sense of humor.

Grailquest may not be the most complex or fairest gamebook series out there, but it's certainly the most entertaining. I enjoyed these books in my lower elementary days and still find them a hoot now.

Book 4 was just impossible to find, and I'm happy to finally have it in my collection. It's not the best in the eight, true, but it's still a fun read and won't disappoint Grailquest fans.

I got my copy from International Books and am quite pleased with its condition: no dog ears, major creases, or stains.