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Lightning Rider
Series: Adventure Gamebooks
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Get ready to roll dice, fight monsters and solve picture puzzles in this thrilling adventure gamebook where the hero of the story is YOU. Evil is stirring in the Glimmerstone Mountains, and YOU are the only person who can stop it. As a messenger who flies...
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Description
Get ready to roll dice, fight monsters and solve picture puzzles in this thrilling adventure gamebook where the hero of the story is YOU.
Evil is stirring in the Glimmerstone Mountains, and YOU are the only person who can stop it. As a messenger who flies from peak to peak delivering the post on your giant bird, you're used to spectacular journeys. But you're about to start a journey like no other, as you get caught up in a desperate race against time and a battle against a terrifying enemy.
Can you make the right choices, crack the fiendish picture puzzles and win your battles to fly your way through to the final showdown? With atmospheric artwork, a pulse-quickening story full of twists and turns, and lots of secrets and mysteries to uncover, this interactive adventure will keep you gripped from beginning to end.
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Lightning Rider
Get ready to roll dice, fight monsters and solve picture puzzles in this thrilling adventure gamebook where the hero of the story is YOU. Evil is stirring in the Glimmerstone Mountains, and YOU are the only person who can stop it. As a messenger who flies from peak to peak delivering the post on your giant bird, you're used to...Paperback$1900Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September -
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781836040958
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Tom Knight
- Illustrated by Tom Knight
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 460g
Pages: 272
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