A Fighting Fantasy Journey
Book twenty five - Beneath Nightmare Castle
This adventure written by Peter Darvill-Evans takes us to the town of Neuburg in Khul. In this dark story we visit our friend Baron Tholdur to find the town under the control of some sinister invading forces trying to reawaken a demonic entity under the castle. We start the adventure being captured and locked up beneath the castle but quickly escape. We then spend some time in the town trying to figure out what's going on before going back into the castle to save the baron and defeat the mysterious villains. The game drops you right in to the adventure with no clue as to what's going on. The game introduces willpower as a star which you have to test to not loose your mind. The feel is very warhammer fantasy with the German sounding names. The cover by Terry Oakes shows a very scary lady with metal nails. In the adventure she's a tragic figure whose been experimented on. 
This book has some dark themes illustrated by Dave Carson 
Yodas grandad pops up
And Vaders twin
One of the dark moments in this story is when you get robbed by urchins and you have to hack them up. Murdering kids in a kids book. 
The tragic reality. The one thing I like about this adventure is the mystery of trying to uncover what's happened in the town and exploring the castle feels like the Escape the Dark Castle game of recent years 
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