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Explore Jamie Thomson books in order, with fantasy gamebooks, Dark Lord novels, book summaries, and help choosing a starting point for his adventures.

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Assassin!

by Jamie Thomson

1985

Having recovered the stolen scrolls of Kettsuin, the ninja Avenger must return them to their temple on the Island of Tranquil Dreams. This interactive adventure makes the journey perilous, with vengeful enemies and evil agents pursuing him across the mainland.

Avenger!

by Jamie Thomson

1985

You become Avenger, a ninja seeking the assassin who killed your foster-father and stole sacred scrolls. Before their secret power can imprison the god Kwon, your choices and martial skills must carry you through a dangerous quest across Orb.

Lost in Time

by Jamie Thomson

1985

A malfunctioning time machine strands Falcon among unfamiliar worlds, shifting eras, and disturbing parallel realities. In this interactive science-fiction adventure, the stranded agent must seek help while an old enemy turns the struggle to get home into a deadly pursuit.

Mechanon

by Jamie Thomson

1985

Falcon investigates changes to the timeline of Mechanon, a ruined planet once devoted to manufacturing weapons. A renegade time traveler plans to reverse its destruction, and your decisions must prevent its revived arsenal from threatening Earth and the wider universe.

The Rack of Baal

by Jamie Thomson

1985

The cosmic villain Baal escapes his temporal prison and spreads a dangerous cult across history. Playing the TIME agent Falcon, you must evade his followers' traps and find a means to contain him before he dominates the universe.

The Renegade Lord

by Jamie Thomson

1985

As Falcon, an agent protecting history in the thirty-first century, you investigate a renegade within the TIME organization. This interactive mission sends you through the past to identify the traitor before alterations to history destroy the future you know.

Usurper!

by Jamie Thomson

1985

Avenger learns that his father was king of Irsmuncast and that a usurper holds his rightful throne. Your decisions guide the ninja through an interactive quest to overthrow the tyrant, reclaim his inheritance, and end the city's oppression.

At the End of Time

by Jamie Thomson

1986

A fatal flaw in time pulls Falcon and everything that has existed toward a cosmic ending. This interactive adventure challenges you to navigate impossible creatures and collapsing temporal dimensions, finding a route home before the time trap makes escape impossible.

Blood Valley

by Jamie Thomson

1986

Two players take opposing roles in a deadly hunt: one pursues a slave released for the annual chase, while the other fights to escape. Rival decisions and the dangerous creatures of Orb shape a contest between hunter and hunted.

Challenge Of The Magi

by Jamie Thomson

1986

The head of the Arcane Council dies, leaving the leadership of Rainbow Land to be decided through magical combat. Two rival magicians compete across its sixteen regions in this paired gamebook, where opposing players seek power through their chosen magic.

Overlord!

by Jamie Thomson

1986

Now ruler of Irsmuncast, Avenger must face the responsibilities and dangers of governing the city he won. This interactive adventure shifts from winning a throne to surviving political intrigue, deception, and threats from both within the walls and beyond them.

The Dying Sun

by Jamie Thomson

1986

Falcon receives orders to capture or destroy the powerful Yelov, whose army vastly outnumbers the agent's small force. Your choices guide a desperate pursuit through space and time, including peril near Sirius's dying sun, with innocent lives at stake.

Warbringer!

by Jamie Thomson

1986

Avenger returns to Irsmuncast to find his kingdom ravaged and a larger invasion looming. Honoric and the Legion of the Sword of Doom threaten conquest and enslavement, demanding tactical decisions and martial skill to defend the city and its people.

Arena of Death

by Jamie Thomson

1987

Two players enter Montavalon's enormous death arena, where warriors seek fame, wealth, or freedom from slavery. This competitive gamebook pits fighters against one another and against the arena's maze of monsters, traps, and dangerous underground passages.

Inferno!

by Jamie Thomson

1987

Avenger's friend Glaivas is held captive in the Rift, with the ruler's sceptre demanded as ransom. Your choices determine whether the ninja can brave its deadly tunnels to rescue his companion without losing everything achieved in Irsmuncast.

The Shattered Realm

by Jamie Thomson

1987

A prophecy that ten kingdoms will become nine drives Monsalayar and Dorganath toward war. Players command the opposing armies in this interactive contest, deciding how to confront suspicion and conflict as the wealthiest realm fears it will be the promised victim.

The Walls of Spyte

by Jamie Thomson

1988

As the feared millennium approaches, sinister Archmages prepare to return and humanity faces a final reckoning. Armed with the Blood Sword, you must journey to the ruined citadel of Spyte, where your decisions shape the struggle against their resurrection.

This interactive adventure casts you as Crystal Maze contestants in a futuristic version of the television competition. Guide your team through four time zones, solving puzzles and collecting time crystals as your choices determine progress through the maze.

Crystal Maze Challenge!

by Jamie Thomson

1992

Based on the television series, this activity book presents riddles and games alongside photographs and facts about the Aztec, Medieval, Industrial, and Futuristic zones. A pull-out section extends the challenges, bringing aspects of the show's themed competition onto the page.

Cities of Gold and Glory

by Jamie Thomson

1995

Explore Golnir in an open-ended gamebook where you can trade, seek treasure, investigate merchant intrigues, or bargain with a wizard. Your chosen profession and decisions shape adventures through its wealthy cities, distant ports, and places touched by darker powers.

Over the Blood-Dark Sea

by Jamie Thomson

1995

This open-world gamebook sends your adventurer across seas filled with mysterious islands, pirates, haunted ships, and monsters. Visit jungle settlements or the sorcerers' city of Dweomer, choosing whether to pursue trade, exploration, magical learning, or the riches of successful voyages.

The Plains of Howling Darkness

by Jamie Thomson

1995

Explore the Great Steppes, where grasslands, tundra, and harsh weather make survival part of the adventure. This open-ended gamebook offers quests across remote lands and coastal regions, letting your choices determine which dangers to face and which opportunities to pursue.

The War-Torn Kingdom

by Jamie Thomson

1995

Revolution divides Sokara, and this open-world gamebook lets you support the displaced king or seek profit under dictator Grieve Marlock. Choose your profession, explore the kingdom, and use combat, magic, bribery, or cunning to shape your own adventure.

Lords of the Rising Sun

by Jamie Thomson

1996

In Akatsurai, powerful rulers and rebellious warrior clans offer an adventurer opportunities amid political turmoil. This open-world gamebook lets you serve the Shogun, support the Sovereign, pursue your own fortune, or seek dangerous training and mysteries beyond the courts.

The Court of Hidden Faces

by Jamie Thomson

1996

Enter Uttaku, where masked rulers conceal their schemes and Ebron's secret police enforce harsh religious codes. This open-world gamebook invites you to navigate a realm of oppression, intrigue, and assassination, choosing your loyalties and adventures amid its dangerous political order.

Brain Teasers

by Jamie Thomson

2009

A sequence of increasingly difficult puzzles challenges readers to test their reasoning and track their scores. Anagrams, number grids, crosswords, and other logic games offer different ways to exercise the mind while working toward a final assessment.

Dark Lord: The Early Years

by Jamie Thomson

2011

The mighty Dark Lord finds himself trapped in the body of an ordinary twelve-year-old boy in England. Renamed Dirk Lloyd and sent to school, he struggles with human rules, foster-family life, and lost powers while plotting his return to the Darklands.

The Lost Prince

by Jamie Thomson

2011

Dark Lord: School's Out

by Jamie Thomson

2012

Dirk Lloyd's attempt to reconnect with the Darklands accidentally sends his friend Sooz there instead. While she forms unexpected alliances as its new Dark Mistress, Dirk must bring her home and contend with his enemy Hasdruban alongside another year of school.

Dark Lord: Eternal Detention

by Jamie Thomson

2014

Dirk Lloyd remains a Dark Lord trapped in a schoolboy's body, but ordinary school misery now includes a powerful enemy. Hasdruban the White infiltrates Whiteshields School seeking vengeance, forcing Dirk to confront an adversary amid the constraints of human childhood.

The Keep of the Lich Lord

by Jamie Thomson

2014

Lord Mortis rises from the grave and allies with pirates to threaten the islands with undead armies. This interactive quest sends you into captured Bloodrise Keep, where your decisions determine whether you can overthrow the Lich Lord and stop his advance.

The Wrong Side of the Galaxy

by Jamie Thomson

2014

Abducted by aliens on his birthday, Harry awakens aboard a spaceship with eccentric companions and an uncooperative computer. Stranded far from Earth, the ordinary teenager must navigate life among princess clones and strange creatures while searching for a way home.

A Galaxy Too Far

by Jamie Thomson

2015

Harry's search for Earth continues after his accidental rise to captain of an alien starship. Now responsible for an alien son and a new spacecraft, he must deal with an eight-foot robot bounty hunter pursuing him across the galaxy.

Redeemer!

by Jamie Thomson

2015

Trapped deep beneath Orb, Avenger seeks escape from the Black Widow's influence while trying to rescue Glaivas. This interactive adventure takes the ninja beyond ordinary realms, confronting evil gods as danger also grows in his city during his absence.

Headmaster of Doom

by Jamie Thomson

2017

Dirk Lloyd, a Dark Lord living in the body of a schoolboy, faces another unsettling school adventure. This installment brings his grand ambitions and supernatural perspective into a particularly ghoulish educational setting, continuing his struggle with the indignities of childhood.

Can You Brexit?

by Jamie Thomson

2018

As Britain's prime minister in this interactive gamebook, the reader must negotiate Brexit while managing a divided country and rebellious colleagues. Decisions about trade, diplomacy, and public support can determine whether the government survives and the economy holds together.

The Serpent King's Domain

by Jamie Thomson

2018

Venture into a vast jungle forbidden to outsiders, choosing your own role and quests in this open-world gamebook. Hunters, haunted ruins, and the Plateau of Dragons offer dangers and discoveries, culminating in opportunities to confront the immortal Serpent King.

Standalone Jamie Thomson books

  1. Book cover for "Assassin!"

    Assassin!

    by Jamie Thomson

    1985The Way of the Tiger, Book 2
  2. Book cover for "Avenger!"

    Avenger!

    by Jamie Thomson

    1985The Way of the Tiger, Book 1
  3. Book cover for "Lost in Time"

    Lost in Time

    by Jamie Thomson

    1985Falcon, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Mechanon"

    Mechanon

    by Jamie Thomson

    1985Falcon, Book 1
  5. Book cover for "The Rack of Baal"

    The Rack of Baal

    by Jamie Thomson

    1985Falcon, Book 4
  6. Book cover for "The Renegade Lord"

    The Renegade Lord

    by Jamie Thomson

    1985Falcon, Book 2
  7. Book cover for "Usurper!"

    Usurper!

    by Jamie Thomson

    1985The Way of the Tiger, Book 3
  8. Book cover for "At the End of Time"

    At the End of Time

    by Jamie Thomson

    1986Falcon, Book 5
  9. Book cover for "Blood Valley"

    Blood Valley

    by Jamie Thomson

    1986Duelmasater, Book 1
  10. Book cover for "Challenge Of The Magi"

    Challenge Of The Magi

    by Jamie Thomson

    1986Duelmasater, Book 2
  11. Book cover for "Overlord!"

    Overlord!

    by Jamie Thomson

    1986The Way of the Tiger, Book 4
  12. Book cover for "The Dying Sun"

    The Dying Sun

    by Jamie Thomson

    1986Falcon, Book 6
  13. Book cover for "Warbringer!"

    Warbringer!

    by Jamie Thomson

    1986The Way of the Tiger, Book 5
  14. Book cover for "Arena of Death"

    Arena of Death

    by Jamie Thomson

    1987Duelmasater, Book 4
  15. Book cover for "Inferno!"

    Inferno!

    by Jamie Thomson

    1987The Way of the Tiger, Book 6
  16. Book cover for "The Shattered Realm"

    The Shattered Realm

    by Jamie Thomson

    1987Duelmasater, Book 3
  17. Book cover for "The Walls of Spyte"

    The Walls of Spyte

    by Jamie Thomson

    1988Blood Sword, Book 5
  18. Book cover for "Crystal Maze Adventure Gamebook"

    Crystal Maze Adventure Gamebook

    by Jamie Thomson

    1991Crystal Maze Gamebooks, Book 1
  19. Book cover for "Crystal Maze Challenge!"

    Crystal Maze Challenge!

    by Jamie Thomson

    1992Crystal Maze Gamebooks, Book 2
  20. Book cover for "Cities of Gold and Glory"

    Cities of Gold and Glory

    by Jamie Thomson

    1995Fabled Lands, Book 2
  21. Book cover for "Over the Blood-Dark Sea"

    Over the Blood-Dark Sea

    by Jamie Thomson

    1995Fabled Lands, Book 3
  22. Book cover for "The Plains of Howling Darkness"

    The Plains of Howling Darkness

    by Jamie Thomson

    1995Fabled Lands, Book 4
  23. Book cover for "The War-Torn Kingdom"

    The War-Torn Kingdom

    by Jamie Thomson

    1995Fabled Lands, Book 1
  24. Book cover for "Lords of the Rising Sun"

    Lords of the Rising Sun

    by Jamie Thomson

    1996Fabled Lands, Book 6
  25. Book cover for "The Court of Hidden Faces"

    The Court of Hidden Faces

    by Jamie Thomson

    1996Fabled Lands, Book 5
  26. Book cover for "Brain Teasers"

    Brain Teasers

    by Jamie Thomson

    2009211 Logic Puzzles, Lateral Thinking Games, Mazes, Crosswords, and IQ Tests to Exercise Your Mind and Keep You Sharp 'til You're 100
  27. Book cover for "Dark Lord: The Early Years"

    Dark Lord: The Early Years

    by Jamie Thomson

    2011Dark Lord, Book 1
  28. Book cover for "The Lost Prince"

    The Lost Prince

    by Jamie Thomson

    2011Tales of the Fabled Lands, Book 1
  29. Book cover for "Dark Lord: School's Out"

    Dark Lord: School's Out

    by Jamie Thomson

    2012Dark Lord, Book 2
  30. Book cover for "Dark Lord: Eternal Detention"

    Dark Lord: Eternal Detention

    by Jamie Thomson

    2014Dark Lord, Book 3
  31. Book cover for "The Keep of the Lich Lord"

    The Keep of the Lich Lord

    by Jamie Thomson

    2014Fabled Lands Quest, Book 1
  32. Book cover for "The Wrong Side of the Galaxy"

    The Wrong Side of the Galaxy

    by Jamie Thomson

    2014Starship Captain, Book 1
  33. Book cover for "A Galaxy Too Far"

    A Galaxy Too Far

    by Jamie Thomson

    2015Starship Captain, Book 2
  34. Book cover for "Redeemer!"

    Redeemer!

    by Jamie Thomson

    2015The Way of the Tiger, Book 7
  35. Book cover for "Headmaster of Doom"

    Headmaster of Doom

    by Jamie Thomson

    2017Dark Lord, Book 4
  36. Book cover for "Can You Brexit?"

    Can You Brexit?

    by Jamie Thomson

    2018Without Breaking Britain
  37. Book cover for "The Serpent King's Domain"

    The Serpent King's Domain

    by Jamie Thomson

    2018Fabled Lands, Book 7

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