Under Dragon's Wing

Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest #15

by John Kendall, Larry Elmore (Cover Artist), Sam Grainger (Illustrator)

The reader as young Prince Treon must find a way, with the help of a magical dragon ring and an ancient sorcery book, to rid the country of the evil Crimson Wizard and his legions.

Genres: Fantasy, Gamebooks, Dungeons and Dragons, Choose Your Own Adventure, Fiction

157 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1984

Reviews

[Yusuf Motara · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the very first choose-your-own-adventure books that I recall reading. The endings are very diverse: there aren't only "good" or "bad" outcomes. There are no tedious "roll-the-dice" sections, and there are no "filler" sections that have obviously been added to pad the story. I loved playing through this again and again.

[Keith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best endless quest so far.

[Toni Serrano Martínez · Rating 5 out of 5]

El único, y digo así de claro ÚNICO libro de la colección que te permitirá encarnarte en la piel de un dragón. Con esta premisa, nos encontramos ante una historia muy original cuyo desarrollo consigue estar a la altura en una historia acorde a la talla del dragón que personificas, es decir, de gran envergadura.
Mención especial al personaje de Rinath, heroína de acción muy bien conseguida de la que nos enamoraremos inevitablemente.
Una gran combinación de elementos que no nos decepcionará en ningún momento.
Un "must have" sin dudarlo.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

The “Endless Quest” series of D&D-approved choose-your-own-adventure books had been in a steady decline since the release of the first (quite good) book, Dungeon of Dread, and this book was more or less where I gave up on it. I did read the next installment, but only because it came in a box set that included both this and it – this one is really the worst “Endless Quest” book I ever read. It appears to target young adult boys who have no familiarity with Dungeons & Dragons, and may have been written by someone who had never played the game. You play, tediously, a young adult male with few distinguishing characteristics to make him different from the supposed audience. You are supposedly an “apprentice” magic user (or “wizard,” as the text calls it), yet you use powerful spells multiple times a day without difficulty. You do not get a list of spells you can use, but rather at certain points in the narrative you are told “you can use the spell to summon a dragon,” and have the choice of doing that, or sitting around doing nothing. The dragons seem to have no limit on how many times they use their breath weapon, which is always fire. etc, etc.

In short, this is not a book that will satisfy fans of the game, although it may be of interest to young adult male fantasy fans. The narrative involves an invasion of orcs and “lava warriors” (admittedly an interesting monster to introduce), at the command of an evil “wizard” and a book and a ring that are each connected with dragons from the nation’s past. The storylines tend to weave together, so there are different paths that often lead to the same point, and as a result the author repeats information to make sure that it hasn’t been missed. There are relatively few truly different outcomes, and a lot of the choices are painfully obvious (if you stand around doing nothing, or flee when you could fight, you die).

As I say, I stopped reading “Endless Quest” shortly after this, because they were just more of the same. Around the same time I discovered “Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks,” which were invented by some real gamers and did a much better job of recreating the role-playing experience for a solo player.

[Brandie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this book many years ago. I really enjoyed the idea of adventure books... but I always make the wrong decision and end up dead in the end. lol

[DavidO · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another choose your own adventure book. You choose either a magic ring or a magic book near the beginning of the quest with consequences for both. It's fairly entertaining, but not great.