The Second Age of Darkness

The book, "The Second Age of Darkness," originally came packaged with Ultima II. It is 31 pages long. In-game, Lord British is the author of the book. In real-life, Richard Garriott has written the book.

The following topics are part of the book:
 * The story so far...
 * Instructions
 * Bestiary
 * Transportation & terrain
 * Magic
 * Time travel
 * Space Travel

It is clear from the text that this was still the beginning of the saga, as the book almost has no atmosphere, being more of a instruction manual with few illustrations.

There actually was an older version of the book that is quite different.

That one can be found as a pdf-file here: The Book

Another version of the book: The Book