I started reading Lone Wolf after surgery when I was 14 years old. It was 1986, and I just missed a visit by then-President Reagan to New Hampshire because I had sliced open my hand in a foolish after-school accident. I was in a cast for 2 years as my tendons and nerve began to heal, but my original Flight From The Dark still has that horrible learning-to-write-with-my-left-hand scrawl.
As I entered college and the Magnakai series, I grew frustrated with the broken American Lone Wolf releases and so wrote to Red Fox Publishing in England to secure the remaining books. I was able to get all but the Buccaneers of Shadaki. A few years later, with the advent of eBay, I was able to complete my collection by purchasing the missing book as a used library copy for only $250! Sheesh! The original set is still one of my favorite series, and something of a curiosity in my collection.
I heard about the Mongoose republication by accident, again a factor of the information age. A few years ago I bought a British book through amazon.co.uk, and was subsequently notified of the new Flight from the Dark release through their marketing efforts. With some googling, I found myself at Mongoose's homepage, and when I spotted the Megadeal I was quickly out $600.
Here's to the Kai!
-Blake
