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Lone Wolf 18 Dawn of the Dragons Collector’s Edition

By Jonathan Blake | Published June 3, 2013

Nic Bonczyk (CEO: Mantikore-Verlag) and Joe Dever proudly present Lone Wolf 18: Dawn of the Dragons (June 1, 2013)

Nic Bonczyk (CEO: Mantikore-Verlag) and Joe Dever proudly present Lone Wolf 18 Dawn of the Dragons English language Collector’s Edition at the RPC in Cologne on June 1st, 2013. This publication marks the achievement of an important milestone in Joe Dever and Mantikore-Verlag’s commitment to the continued publication of the Collector’s Series. It is in the same format as the Mongoose Collector’s Edition books 1-17.

“I am absolutely delighted with this edition,” said Joe, “It’s everything I hoped for and more! Mantikore have delivered on their promise to publish LW18 in time for the RPC, and here it is, and with no compromise on quality whatsoever!”

Lone Wolf 18 Dawn of the Dragons is the largest of the Collector’s Series so far, weighing in at a whopping 560 pages. Its bonus adventure – “The Dead of Chrude” – is a 250 section solo adventure written by Nic and Joe. The story is set in the war-torn land of Palmyrion, shortly before Lone Wolf undertakes his perilous journey from Lencia to Sommerlund to protect the Kai Monastery from impending attack.

Lone Wolf 18 is now available by mail order from the Mantikore-verlag website.

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Great news for Italian Lupo Solitario fans!

By Joe Dever | Published May 16, 2013

Mauro Corradini & Joe Dever

Mauro Corradini (CEO:Vincent Books) and myself are delighted to announce that an agreement has been put in place to publish top quality hard cover Italian language collector editions of the Lone Wolf (Lupo Solitario) gamebooks. The deal was sealed at the recent Florence Fantastic Festival in Italy (10-12 May 2013). The first edition – Flight from the Dark extended version – is scheduled for publication at the end of October 2013, and will be launched at the Lucca Comics and Games Show (Lucca, Italy). Future titles in the series will be released every 3-4 months thereafter.

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Preview of Blood on the Snow

By Jonathan Blake | Published April 28, 2013

Lone Wolf news keeps coming fast and furious. GameTrailers has released a preview Blood on the Snow, an interactive Lone Wolf gamebook for tablets (presumably iPad), which is in pre-alpha but is slated to release some time this year.

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Joe Dever and Cubicle 7 Announce Major Lone Wolf Deal

By Jonathan Blake | Published April 26, 2013

Dominic McDowall-Thomas (CEO:Cubicle 7) and Joe Dever celebrating the signing of a major Lone Wolf deal.

Joe Dever and Cubicle 7 Entertainment are delighted to announce today (25 April 2013) that several agreements have been put in place to develop Lone Wolf Roleplaying Games and detailed colour maps of Magnamund – Lone Wolf’s iconic home world.

Joe Dever said, “I’m really very happy to be working with Cubicle 7, an excellent RPG company which I hold in the highest regard. I’m proud that Lone Wolf is now a part of their prestigious portfolio of games.”

Dominic McDowall, Cubicle 7 CEO said, “I grew up with Lone Wolf, and so it’s a dream come true to be working with Joe on this classic series. We’ve got some very exciting plans for the Kai and Magnamund, which we’ll be sharing over the coming weeks.”

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Mongoose Refunds

By Jonathan Blake | Published April 18, 2013

I’ve been in contact with Matthew Sprange over at Mongoose Publishing, and he asked me to relay the message that refunds are being made every day and while it will take a some amount of time to get to everyone, they will get to everyone.

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Limited Stock of Lone Wolf 1-15 Available

By Jonathan Blake | Published April 3, 2013

Mantikore-Verlag just sent out some info about the remaining stock of Lone Wolf 1-15 published by Mongoose.

As most Lone Wolf fans allready know – Mantikore-Verlag is now publisher of Lone Wolf. At the moment we are fast working on LW18 which should be ready in June. If you need any of the books 1-17 we are glad to tell that we are able to offer you these Mongoose books. But this is a very limited stock so they might be not available for a long time. At the moment we have all the books just book 1 and 15 missing. But these books should be available in a few weeks again.

After we worked on our homepage www.mantikore-verlag.de we are proud that you now have the oportunity to choose english language. Just select the language at the flags on the right upper corner.

We hope that now it will be easy for you to order your missing books and to pre-order the next Lone Wolf Adventure – Dawn of the Dragons!

Don´t wait to long to order your Lone Wolf books now!!!

-For Summerland and the Kai-

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Nate Furman Illustrating for Mantikore-Verlag

By Jonathan Blake | Published March 29, 2013

It looks like Nate Furman will be illustrating Lone Wolf for Mantikore-Verlag. He had already done a lot of work for Dawn of the Dragons (Lone Wolf 18), so I’m glad something could be worked out. He wanted to share this (excellent IMHO) promo poster he made for Lone Wolf with us.

Here’s to a smooth and productive transition to the new publisher!

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New Publisher Announced for Lone Wolf Books 18-28!

By Joe Dever | Published March 6, 2013

Mantikore-Verlag and I are very pleased to announce that an agreement has been put in place to publish Lone Wolf books 18-28. These will be high quality English language hard cover editions and will be produced in the same format as the Mongoose LW Collector Editions to maintain the integrity of the series. Matthew Sprange has kindly agreed to provide us with the necessary files for LW18 Dawn of the Dragons so that it can go to print as soon as possible. Mantikore-Verlag are aiming to release Lone Wolf 18 in time for the RPC in Köln, Germany, on June 1st 2013. I shall be attending the show. If you would like to go on the mailing list for news about LW18, send an email to mantikoreverlag@aol.com with LONE WOLF in the header bar.

For you, for me, for Sommerlund and the Kai!

[For more info on why the Lone Wolf books needed a new publisher, please read this previous post. —Jonathan]

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Cessation of the Lone Wolf Collector Editions by Mongoose Publishing Ltd.

By Joe Dever | Published March 1, 2013

As of Feb 27, 2013, Mongoose Publishing Ltd no longer has a license to produce any Lone Wolf books and games. All rights have now reverted to me.

Termination of Mongoose Publishing’s Lone Wolf gamebooks and RPG range has been actioned by mutual consent of the author and the publisher. Contractually, I am unable to publish or discuss the terms of my severance agreement.

All Mongoose Mega-deal customers who have queries about their existing deals, such as shop credit or refunds, should direct their enquires to Matthew Sprange, CEO of Mongoose Publishing, by email at msprange@mongoosepublishing.com.

If you have pre-paid for books that were out of print and awaiting a reprint, Mongoose Publishing have been given permission to reprint these books in small quantities in order that these pre-orders can be fulfilled. Mongoose Publishing have undertaken to dispatch these reprints to you before the end of March 2013.

I’m sure this news will come as a disappointment to many, but as one door closes, so others swing open. I am currently in discussion with publishers who are seeking to pick up the Collector Series, and the Multi-player Game Book series. I will post progress updates on this site, so be sure to check the Project Aon ‘What’s New’ page for news. Better still, subscribe to the Project Aon news announcements and these updates will be sent to you automatically.

I am committed in my desire to continue production of the Collector Series in the same style and format established in books 1-17. This is to ensure the continuity of the collection.

I am committed to completing the series in its entirety and to bringing the Lone Wolf saga to its exciting conclusion. I am deeply appreciative of the loyalty and support of my devoted readers, many of whom have grown up reading my adventures and continue to read and enjoy them today. Thank you all for your wonderful support and please be assured that the cessation of my business relationship with Mongoose Publishing does not mean an end to the series; it is the start of a new phase in the evolution of Lone Wolf.

For you, for me, for Sommerlund and the Kai!

Joe Dever

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The Fall of Blood Mountain Published!

By Jonathan Blake | Published February 23, 2013

For centuries the Shom’zaa has lain incarcerated and forgotten in a granite prison located deep below the mountains of Bor. Now this terrifying beast has accidentally been set free, and its hunger for vengeance knows no bounds. With a horde of vile minions at its command, swiftly the Shom’zaa enacts its sinister plan to destroy King Ryvin and the wondrous realm of the Drodarin dwarves.

In The Fall of Blood Mountain, you must journey to the fabulous subterranean kingdom of the dwarves and attempt to save your ancient allies from the wrath of the Shom’zaa. Will you succeed in your mission or will you succumb to the terrible powers of this ancient champion of Evil?

This is our first new book published in almost two years! We’ll try to avoid taking so long next time around.

For Sommerlund and the Kai!

Jonathan Blake
Project Aon

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