Armies of Death is perhaps one of the lesser known of the Fighting Fantasy solo adventure gamebooks, despite being written by Ian Livingstone himself. In the original Puffin series, it was book 36, coming out in 1988, by which time the series was perhaps just beginning to show signs of running out of steam. However, it was considered good enough that the Wizard Books team behind the later reissues put it out once again in 2003, and in fact a further edition is due later on this year. In theory the book is a sequel to book 21 (in the Puffin series), "Trial of Champions" from 1986, which itself is connected to one of the most famous of all Fighting ...  Read the complete review