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Media type Print (Paperback) Originally published 1986 Preceded by Rebel Planet Cover artist Les Edwards | 3.4/5 Goodreads ISBN 0-14-031921-2 (Puffin) Followed by Sword of the Samurai Genres Fantasy, Titan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Illustrator Bob Harvey & Peter Shen Series Fighting Fantasy
Puffin number: 19 Similar Steve Jackson books, Fighting Fantasy books, Game books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demons of the Deep is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Steve Jackson (the American game designer, rather than the series co-creator), illustrated by Duncan Smith and originally published in 1984 by Puffin Books. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 19th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-031921-2). There are currently no announced plans to republish this book as part of the modern Wizard series.
Demons of the Deep contains many successful endings, though some are 'more successful' than others.
Story
This is the only gamebook of those that the American Steve Jackson wrote that follow a traditional linear design. In this gamebook, the reader takes on the role of the first mate of the merchant ship Sunfish. Unfortunately, before the adventure even begins, the pirate ship Troll strikes. The entire crew, save for the main character, are slain. Although the protagonist is merely knocked unconscious, waking grants little respite, as a quick walk off the stern of ship follows. The player sinks into the sea but, thanks to magic, does not drown, beginning an adventure in an ancient domain sunken beneath the waves. The player character must collect black pearls and learn a spell to form skeletons from them, then use them to attack and defeat the pirate crew of the Troll.
The book takes place almost entirely underwater, in Atlantis, a sunken continent located west of Allansia.