P J Hoover

Prepare yourself, adventurer. Your quest awaits Deep in the woods, hidden in a castle, there are treasures to be found . . . but only by the bravest of adventurers. Are you that brave adventurer? Do you have what it takes to enter the Castle of Doom and make it out alive? If so, read on . . . You're about to embark on a heroic quest. Your goal is simple. Enter the castle. Find the treasures. Then leave the way you came. But pitfalls await you at every turn, sure to bring about your end. Don't worry, adventurer. I believe in you.Accompanying you on this epic quest are three valiant companions: Baltus the Dwarf, Kaileth the Elf, and Galfilor the Wizard. Will you find the treasures and escape the Castle of Doom, or will you fall victim to its traps? This first gamebook in the Pick Your Own Quest(R) series features over 75 rooms within the castle, a myriad of artifacts to discover, and more than 15 ways to meet your demise. Face the Ghost of Merlin, confront the Evil Wizard, navigate the Pit of No Return, and beware as stained-glass windows and shadows come to life.Are you ready to enter the Castle of Doom?A book 34 years in the making, Castle of Doom is an interactive adventure gamebook, inspired by a classic video game written in Pascal in 1990 by the author for her college Artificial Intelligence class.

Piper's world is dying. Each day brings hotter temperatures and heat bubbles which threaten to destroy the Earth. Amid this Global Heating Crisis, Piper lives under the oppressive rule of her mother, who suffocates her even more than the weather does. Everything changes on her eighteenth birthday, when her mother is called away on a mysterious errand and Piper seizes her first opportunity for freedom. Piper discovers a universe she never knew existed--a sphere of gods and monsters--and realizes that her world is not the only one in crisis. While gods battle for control of the Underworld, Piper's life spirals out of control as she struggles to find the answer to the secret that has been kept from her since birth--her very identity.... An imaginative melding of mythology and dystopia, Solstice is the first YA novel by talented newcomer P. J. Hoover.