What is "lone wolf"

n. 1 A wolf that is not part of a pack 2 (cx by extension English) A person who avoids the company of others; a loner

n. a person who avoids the company or assistance of others [syn: loner, lone hand]

A lone wolf or lone-wolf terrorist is someone who prepares and commits violent acts alone, outside of any command structure and without material assistance from any group. However, he or she may be influenced or motivated by the ideology and beliefs of an external group, and may act in support of such a group.

Lone Wolf is a series of 29 gamebooks, created by Joe Dever and initially illustrated (books 1-8) by Gary Chalk. The series began publishing in July 1984 and sold more than 9 million copies worldwide. The story focuses on the fictional world of Magnamund, where the forces of good and evil fight for control of the planet. The protagonist is Lone Wolf, last of his caste of warrior monks known as Kai Lords. The book series is written in the second person and recounts Lone Wolf's adventures as if the reader is the main character. As Lone Wolf, the reader makes choices at regular intervals throughout the story which then change the course, and the final outcome, of the book.

Although the series ceased publication and went out of print in 1998, a fan-operated organisation called Project Aon was established in 1999 which has subsequently converted many of the books to HTML format. Joe Dever gave his permission for Project Aon to distribute the books online via the internet. Subsequently, there has been a strong revival of interest in Lone Wolf, particularly in Italy, Spain, and France where the books were republished between 2002 and 2006.

In 2007, Mongoose Publishing announced that all the Lone Wolf books, including books 29-32 which were never published, were going to be printed again. However, in February 2013, after Mongoose had released 17 of the 28 original books, the publication of the rest of the series was transferred to a German publisher, Mantikore-Verlag. The deal did not include the publication of the last four books (29-32). On April 1, 2015, it was announced that book 29 would finally be published, first in Italian by Vincent Books, and then in English by Mantikore-Verlag in fall 2015. But in December 2015, Cubicle 7 Entertainment announced that they would be publishing the entire series of Lone Wolf gamebooks, including the English version of Lone Wolf 29, only to come back on their decision the following month. On April 1, 2016, Joe Dever announced that he will publish the remaining Lone Wolf's books himself with his own imprint, Holmgard Press, starting with the publication of book 29 later the same month, which was finally published on May 13, 2016, 18 years after the publication of book 28.

Several adaptations also exist of the Lone Wolf series, including Lone Wolf: The Roleplaying Game, a D20-style role-playing game from Mongoose Publishing Ltd UK. A second version of this role-playing game, Lone Wolf Multiplayer Game Book, with rules closer to those of the gamebooks, was also released by Mongoose. A third version, by Cubicle 7, is currently in preparation. The series was also converted into different computer games. The newest project announced sees Lone Wolf going on tablets. Created by the Italian company Forge Reply, the new game was announced on August 18, 2011 at the Gamescom convention in Cologne and its first episode was released on November 14, 2013. In July 2009, Convergence Entertainment, a company best known for the live action King of Fighters film, announced that it had secured the rights to make a live-action movie based on the Lone Wolf series.

Lone Wolf or Lonewolf may refer to

• Lone wolf (terrorism), a terrorist that acts on his own and not as part of an organization
• Lone wolf (trait), a person or animal that prefers to be alone
• Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, a town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States

A lone wolf is an animal or person that generally lives or spends time alone instead of with a group. The term originates from wolf behaviour. Normally a pack animal, wolves that have left or been excluded from their pack are described as lone wolves.

The Lone Wolf is the nickname of the fictional character Michael Lanyard, a jewel thief turned private detective in a series of novels written by Louis Joseph Vance (1879–1933). A large number of movies based on and inspired by the books have been made. The character also appeared briefly on radio and television.

Lone Wolf is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. The album peaked at number 99 on the Billboard 200.

Lone Wolf (, translit. Biryuk) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Roman Balayan. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.

Lone Wolf is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner Bros./ Curb Records in January 1990. "Ain't Nobody's Business," "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'" and "Man to Man" were released as singles. The album peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Lone Wolf is a 2012 New York Times Bestselling novel by American author Jodi Picoult. The book was released on February 28, 2012 through Atria Books and centers around a man returning to his childhood home after a terrible accident.

Lone Wolf is the sixteenth and penultimate novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore, and the fourth book of the Aramov series. It was released on 1 August 2014.