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The following was sent from the Project Aon contact form Subject: Dates and maps in the last 4 LW books ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A wonderful revelation to discover Project Aon! I loved the first two Lone Wolf series when I was younger, much to the annoyance of some of my friends. Somehow I put off reading the later books until just recently, when I found them less impressive than as a kid. Oh well.
I wanted to point something out and ask two questions about the later books in the series. I have the Red Fox editions of books 13 to 28. First, The Hunger of Sejanoz has a 1998 copyright, in contrast the the 1996 end-date on number 30 of the fan newsletter. Being on the cover page, that date may have come from you rather than the original newsletter, so you may want to check it.
Second, books 25 to 28 have only black-and-white maps in the cover. Were colour versions ever released? My book 28 only has 300 sections; is this an abridged version?
Finally, was book 28 indeed the last one? What are the other titles in your FAQ?
Thanks for your help, in advance, and keep up the excellent work!
Paulius
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Hi Paulius
Thanks for your kind words. It's always a pleasure to hear that Lone Wolf fans out there are continuing to enjoy the Lone Wolf books as published by Project Aon.
Regarding the Newsletter date, both are accurate. It would seem that the final Lone Wolf Club Newsletter was published in 1996 around the same time as #24: Rune War, which is featured on the cover of that newsletter. Books 25-28 make no mention of the Lone Wolf Club, which seems to indicate it had been closed prior to their publication. If anyone has a copy of a letter that confirms the closure of the Lone Wolf Club we would be delighted to make it available online, but as yet, no one has come forward with one.
It is also interesting to note that Book 28 was published with the wrong map! The map of Bhanar from the previous book, #27: Vampirium, was erroneously reprinted instead of the proper map of Chai. Project Aon also has a copy of the correct map that should have been printed in #28: The Hunger of Sejanoz, and we will use that when working on that book.
Unfortunately, Book 28 did indeed only have 300 numbered sections instead of the normal 350. While no one can say for definite what the reason was for this, the general consensus among many Lone Wolf fans is that the "missing" 50 sections would have related to foreshadowing what would have occurred in the following book or books. Since the publishers had terminated the series, the simplest form of editing was to excise this information. Book 28 is therefore the final Lone Wolf book to have been published, unless and until Joe decides to write the "missing" four books, which he says he will do when he retires.
The other books on the FAQ list are other books by Joe Dever, though not necessarily set on Magnamund. The four Grey Star books are already available from our website. Set in Southern Magnamund, these are gamebooks following the stories of a wizard trained by the Shianti and his quest to overthrow the evil Wytch-king Shasarak.
The four Freeway Warrior gamebooks Joe wrote in 1988/89 are set in a post-Apocalyptic America and follow Cal Phoenix as he attempts to cross the scorched plains of central America looking for his family.
Combat Heroes are two sets of two books, each containing a solo adventure and one half of a two-player duel, played out through the books. Most of the game involves first-person picture-views of a dungeon (White Warlord/Black Baron) or a mid-air combat involving magical flying machines (Emerald Enchanter/Scarlet Sorcerer). They are not set on Magnamund.
Other books relating to Lone Wolf are already available, such as the Magnamund Companion, The Skull of Agarash, and the Lone Wolf Poster Painting Book.
I hope this answers your questions. If you have any further queries, we will be happy to try to answer them.
Again, thanks for the support: it certainly helps motivate us! As you may have spotted, we updated the whole site on Friday, and now we are back working away on #17: The Deathlord of Ixia, which will hopefully be ready soon.
For Sommerlund and the Kai!
Kind regards,
-- Simon Osborne (on behalf of Project Aon)