A Fighting Fantasy Journey
Book Eleven : Talisman of Death
Great cover art on this one as we head to the world of Orb. Strangely we play someone from Earth who is transported by God's to a fantasy world which isn't Titan but a world from another series of game books called the way of the tiger. Written by Jamie Thomson and Mark Smith the world of Orb was a setting they came up with for games of DandD and it shows. Reading this book feels like a role-playing game more than usual and reminds me of the first Conan film. We have to steal a talisman from a temple and get it through a portal to save the world. 
As soon as we arrive on Orb we bump into what looks like a group of D&D Characters 
We spend a lot of time in the tavern. Bob Harvey alos illustrated the way of the tiger series and does a great job. 
There are a number of characters that appear in the tiger series doing guest spots in this book. Because of the D&D feel you spend some time going back and forwards so maps are difficult to do for this one. It also contains a lot of strong female characters 
And an annoying dragon 
I had some of the Ninja books! I seem to recall they were pretty fun!
I really do like the artwork in this book, and you are right – it does feel more like a separate D&D adventure than aligned to the usual FF fantasy world. ?
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