Night of the Necromancer on Sci-Fi Online

When the Fighting Fantasy series was re-relaunched by Wizard Books, Sci-Fi Online played a part in helping to promote the gamebooks, publishing reviews of the first four releases and even posting an interview with me online.

Since then, the site has continued to review my recent* FF releases (and re-releases). Stormslayer, the first book they reviewed, received a very tasty 9 out of 10. Bloodbones was then reviewed and got the same great score. And now we come to Night of the Necromancer...

For some reason the reviewer wasn't so keen on this one, awarding it only 7 out of 10. And here's his reason:

If I had one slight complaint it was that in the early stages of the adventure you are fumbling around exploring areas without really knowing who or what you are supposed to be looking for. However, as your adventure progresses you soon pick up the piece to the puzzle.

Now this is interesting. At the start of the adventure the whole point is that you don't know what's going on... but never mind.

You can buy Night of the Necromancer through Amazon, where you'll also find some rather more glowing reviews.

* I use the term here in the loosest possible sense...

Fighting Fantasy at Sci-Fi Online

Last year, Sci-Fi Online covered the relaunch of Wizard Books' Fighting Fantasy range in detail and said very kind things about my sixth FF adventure, Stormslayer. The reviewer gave the book 9 out of 10.

Earlier this year Sci-Fi Online also reviewed the reissued Bloodbones and the brand new Night of the Necromancer. Bloodbones also scored 9 out of 10, but rather surprisingly NOTN only received 7 out of 10; in other areas its been touted as either my best FF book, or second only to Howl of the Werewolf.

Anyway, you can read all three reviews by clicking on the following relevant link. For Stormslayer, click here. For Bloodbones, click here. And for Night of the Necromancer, click here.

JG interviewed on Sci-Fi Online

I recently took part in an interview with Sci-Fi Online, the UK's leading telefantasy and cult website. I was mainly sharing my experiences of writing for the Fighting Fantasy series of gamebooks, Sci-Fi Online having recently posted a storming review of my new book Stormslayer on their site.

To read the interview, click here. To read the review, click here. To check out the official Fighting Fantasy website for exciting news about how you can literally appear in my next FF outing Night of the Necromancer, click here.

Win copies of STORMSLAYER at Sci-Fi Online

The UK's leading telefantasy and cult website Sci-Fi Online, in conjunction with Review Graveyard, has copies of Stormslayer up for grabs (along with the other newly re-released Fighting Fantasy adventures The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, Citadel of Chaos and Deathtrap Dungeon). To enter the mind-bogglingly easy competition, follow this link.

And keep an eye on Sci-Fi Online over the weekend and you may just see an interview with a certain FF author pop up there at some point.

Stormslayer reviewed at Sci-Fi Online

Stormslayer has received a storming review over at the UK's leading telefantasy and cult website Sci-Fi Online, receiving an astonishing 9 out of 10 and coming second only to Citadel of Chaos!


You can read it for yourself here.

And if you've read Stormslayer and enjoyed it, why not post your own review here or on Amazon (or any other appropriate book-selling or reviewing site) and send me the link?