Item - Hurricane!

Like the last title, this book fully embraces the unique tone of this series. In its chaotic pages, it has pirates, mad scientists, mysterious armies, ancient structures and, as the title suggests, some nasty weather. I didn't really find it to be a terribly interesting read, though; the book simply fails to offer anything new, and past entries in the series have dealt with the same subject matter in a more interesting fashion. It does earn some points by giving the player a clear objective to aim for and making it somewhat difficult to achieve that objective, but since the choices are more random than strategic, there's no particular satisfaction in "winning." Interestingly enough, my copy of this book is a seventh printing, which suggests that this was reprinted a lot more times than the average book in the series was. Perhaps it has some special charm that I'm somehow completely missing.

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