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

The Darke Crusade
American cover, original release
AuthorJoe Dever
IllustratorBrian Williams
Cover artistPeter Andrew Jones (UK)
Dave Dorman (USA)
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLone Wolf
GenreFantasy
PublisherRed Fox (UK)
Berkley / Pacer (USA)
Publication date
1991
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN0-425-13798-8
OCLC27765284
Preceded byThe Captives of Kaag 
Followed byThe Legacy of Vashna 

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. The player is then allowed to choose Grandmaster Kai 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

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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 Nadziranim sorcerers and other Darklord allies against Lencia. Lone Wolf and the reader take up the cause of Lencia to thwart Magnaarn's aims.

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