The Way of the Tiger was a wonderful gamebook series back in the 1980's written by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson. It was right up there with Lone Wolf on quality. One of the rare gems that could easily have been overlooked among the slew of Fighting Fantasy books available at the time.
You are Avenger, a ninja trained in the Way of the Tiger, a lethal master of unarmed combat who must confront ultimate evil to avenge the death of your foster-father.
‘I will say this only once, Avenger, so listen well. If you do not aid your friend in his hour of need, then you are no better than those who hold him prisoner in the everlasting darkness.’
You have proven yourself victorious on the battlefield and repulsed the dark forces of evil from your fair city. But now a more subtle evil stirs. Your friend and comrade, Glaivas, is somewhere in the Rift, held ransom against the Sceptre that is your badge of rulership. Do you dare risk everything you have achieved to rescue your friend? The darkened honeycomb tunnels of the Rift hold danger and death at every turn . . . and lead into the very centre of Orb.
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