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Illustrator
  
Bob Harvey

ISBN
  
0-14-031951-4 (Puffin)

Preceded by
  
The Rings of Kether

Genre
  
Fantasy

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Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Originally published
  
1985

Followed by
  
Appointment with F.E.A.R.

Cover artist
  
Rodney Matthews

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Series
  
Fighting FantasyPuffin number: 16

Authors
  
Steve Jackson, Ian Livingstone

Similar
  
Ian Livingstone books, Fighting Fantasy books, Fantasy books

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Seas of Blood is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Andrew Chapman, illustrated by Bob Harvey and originally published in 1985 by Puffin Books. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 16th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-031951-4). The title was loosely adapted into a text-based video game by company Adventure Soft.

Contents

Rules

The story features an additional game mechanic: both the player's character and their ship have attributes for combat, as there is a combination of land and sea-based combat.

Story

The player takes the role of the captain of the pirate vessel Banshee, and within a 50-day period must overcome both land and sea adversaries to reach the isle of Nippur, in possession of more gold than rival Abdul the Butcher.

Reception

The site TV Tropes stated Seas of Blood was notable as it features a "villain protagonist".

Other media

The book was loosely adapted into an Adventure Soft text adventure game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC.

References

Seas of Blood Wikipedia


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