Before Shadowgate is a prequel book published by Scholastic Corporation in 1991 as part of the Worlds of Power series of Video Game Novelizations. It is written under the pen name 'F.X. Nine'. It is the prequel of the Shadowgate series of games. It narrates the adventures of Jairen on his quest to reach the Gatekeeper Mountain and discover the King who will cleanse the land from the Warlock King. It was rereleased for free by Infinite Ventures on their website.