Background
The first edition covered the first four games, and each new edition added the most recent game. The fourth and last edition covered up to the seventh game in the series.
The walkthrough novelizations are written from the point of view of various fictional narrators, such as Derek Karlavaegen, who also was used in manual for King's Quest 6, as well as other characters mentioned in the games or manuals. These characters serve to provide the hints in narrative form. The first two editions also included an encyclopedia, "An Encyclopedia of Daventry" giving expanded details on various subjects related to the games. The idea is that these articles (the 'novels)' were sent from another universe via a device called the "Eye Between the Worlds".
Read more about this topic: The King's Quest Companion
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