Dave Morris, Knightmare: The Labyrinths of Fear
****
It was a later, more kid-friendly entry in this series that introduced me to adventure gamebooks around the age of eight, and all paragraph dungeons since have basically been me pretending I'm in Knightmare. This was the only one of the variably impossible gamebooks I was never able to find a scan of, so I had to go satisfyingly old school via eBay, and read it at the right point in a comprehensive rewatch for maximum immersion. This was definitely the right call.
Sharing the spine with a related novella, the multiple-choice quest is on the shorter side, which is just one of many ways it feels authentic to the series (albeit harder, since you have the benefit of replays). All the familiar characters are there, and some even make cameos in the novel, which customarily takes Treguard out of his sedentary lifestyle.
More than the other books, trivia from the novel is essential for various gamebook riddles, so fortunately it's worth reading. Remarkably, it's probably better than the game.
