The Forbidden Castle

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The Forbidden Castle
Cover of the Bantam edition
Author	Edward Packard
Illustrator	Paul Granger
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Choose Your Own Adventure
Genre(s)	Gamebook
Publisher	Bantam Books
Publication date	1982
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	118
ISBN	ISBN 0-553-22515-4
OCLC	9776365
Preceded by	The Abominable Snowman
Followed by	House of Danger

The Forbidden Castle is a 1982 gamebook by Edward Packard, with illustrations by "Paul Granger" (a pseudonym for Don Hedin). It is the 14th book in the Choose Your Own Adventure series and the first sequel to The Cave of Time, the first book in the same series.

[edit] Plot summary

As in the other books in the series, the reader is portrayed as the protagonist of the story, referred to in the present tense and by the second-person pronoun "you."

In this book, the protagonist re-enters the time portal from The Cave of Time and finds himself transported back to the Middle Ages. There, he becomes involved in a quest for the Forbidden Castle, which can be found only by solving a riddle:

Somewhere south, where it is colder,
Where that which falls stays where it is,
You'll find what isn't what it is.

The protagonist journeys through medieval England and France, encountering various characters such as Henry, the power-hungry King of England; Rufus, the Mad King of Hereford; a motley group of Philosopher Knights; and Michelle, a young tavern maid who joins the protagonist on his quest. Obstacles include wolves, a dragon and a snake-infested forest, as well as armed force and sophistical arguments.