The Hunger of Sejanoz

The Hunger of Sejanoz is the twenty-eighth book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This was the last book to be released in the New Order series for the next ten years. In fall 2010, the 29th book of the series, The Storms of Chai, will be published at last.

Gameplay

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 Kai disciplines or skills he or she possess. This number depends directly on how many books in the series have been completed ("Kai rank"). With each additional book completed, the player chooses one additional Kai discipline. In this first book, the player starts with five disciplines.

Plot

You play as one of Lone Wolf's Grand Masters. On a visit to the court of Xo-lin, there is news of an invasion force by the Autarch Sejanoz of Bhanar brought to the palace in Pensei. Xo-lin must be rescued and brought to sanctuary in the distant city of Tazhan across the Lissanian Plain.

Reception

This was the last of Joe Dever's Lone Wolf books to be published before a hiatus of over ten years. The book is rare and is sold for hundreds of dollars where copies exist. Also, there is a controversy about the existence of 50 extra sections; as most Lone Wolf books have 350 sections and this one only had 300, there is talk that the publishers, knowing that no more books would be released, excised those last pages connecting the book to the next part of the story. At a press conference during the 2008 Lucca Comics & Games convention, Joe Dever confirmed that the Mongoose Publishing's version of this book will contain 350 sections.

External links

• Gamebooks - Lone Wolf
• Origins of Lone Wolf
• Book entry