The Masters of Darkness

American cover, original release

Author| Joe Dever
Illustrator| Brian Williams
Cover artist| Brian Salmon (UK)
Peter Andrew Jones (UK)
Neal McPheeters (USA)
Language| English
Series| Lone Wolf
Genre| Fantasy
Publisher| Beaver Books (UK)
Red Fox (UK)
Berkley / Pacer (USA)

Publication date

| 1988
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print (Paperback)
ISBN| 0-425-11718-9
OCLC| 19979714
Preceded by| The Prisoners of Time
Followed by| The Plague Lords of Ruel

The Master of Darkness is the twelfth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the final book in the Magnakai series.

## Gameplay

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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 (reading). The player is then allowed to choose which Magnakai disciplines or skills he or she possess. This number depends directly on how many books in the series have been completed ("Magnakai rank"). With each additional book completed, the player chooses one additional Magnakai discipline.

The final book in the Magnakai series further reveals the quirks of the Lone Wolf game system, including putting players who have not played through the previous books at a substantial disadvantage in terms of Magnakai skills and rank. Nonetheless, it is still possible to triumph.

## Plot

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After his struggles in the plane of Daziarn, Lone Wolf finally recovers the last of the Lorestones and finds a Shadow Gate back to his home. Unfortunately, upon his return, he finds that considerable time has passed and that, in his absence, the Darklords have conquered much of Magnamund. Now with all of the Lorestones' wisdom absorbed within him, and the hopes of Sommerlund and all the free peoples of Magnamund on his shoulders, Lone Wolf must travel to the very heart of the Darklords' foul realm, to the infernal city of Helgedad, and confront Archlord Gnaag himself. The adventure culminates with a spectacular battle in Helgedad and the destruction of the Darklords' principal city.

## External links

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* Gamebooks - Lone Wolf
* Gamebooks - The Masters of Darkness
* Project Aon - The Masters of Darkness

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Lone Wolf gamebooks by Joe Dever

Kai series|

* Flight from the Dark
* Fire on the Water
* The Caverns of Kalte
* The Chasm of Doom
* Shadow on the Sand

Magnakai series|

* The Kingdoms of Terror
* Castle Death
* The Jungle of Horrors
* The Cauldron of Fear
* The Dungeons of Torgar
* The Prisoners of Time
* The Masters of Darkness

Grandmaster series|

* The Plague Lords of Ruel
* The Captives of Kaag
* The Darke Crusade
* The Legacy of Vashna
* The Deathlord of Ixia
* Dawn of the Dragons
* Wolf's Bane
* The Curse of Naar

New Order series|

* Voyage of the Moonstone
* The Buccaneers of Shadaki
* Mydnight's Hero
* Rune War
* Trail of the Wolf
* The Fall of Blood Mountain
* Vampirium
* The Hunger of Sejanoz
* The Storms of Chai

World of Lone Wolf series|

* Grey Star the Wizard
* The Forbidden City
* Beyond the Nightmare Gate
* War of the Wizards

Other Lone Wolf related works|

* The Magnamund Companion
* The Skull of Agarash
* The World of Lone Wolf

Additional info|

* List of Lone Wolf media

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