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Branching novels that play in the browser with no account. Netwrck library novels are complete, playable scripts at different stages of production: 53 of the 59 novels have generated cover art; 59 novels play licensed music credited in the build; in-game backgrounds and character art are still generated placeholders throughout. Fork one and the art, music and voice tools in the editor fill in the rest. Author-published novels carry whatever their author gave them, and each card states its own art, audio and content notice below.

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Cover art for The Annona

The Annona

Rome eats because somebody signs for the missing grain.

  • ~190 min
  • 29117 words
  • 15 branch points
  • 7 endings
  • 3 plays

historicaldramaromancecrimepolitical thrillertragedyOstia and Portus, Roman Italy, spring to autumn 62 CE

ancient romehistorical dramapolitical thrillerbisexual protagonistlove trianglefreedwomanport cityinstitutional corruptionslow burnclasscrimetragedy

Content notice (10)
  • slavery and coerced labour
  • institutional hunger and poverty
  • financial exploitation and debt
  • graphic fire injuries and death
  • assault and custodial violence
  • alcohol misuse
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • class and gender subjugation
  • corpse recovery and drowning aftermath
  • bigotry shown through behaviour; no slurs written out

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

Cover art for The Reconstruction

The Reconstruction

In Naples, every ruined house is worth something to the wrong person.

  • ~190 min
  • 36467 words
  • 14 branch points
  • 7 endings
  • 3 plays

historicalcrimeromancepolitical dramatragedyNaples, February to July 1982

naples1980shistorical dramacrimepolitical corruptionadult romancelove trianglefamily betrayalearthquake aftermathinstitutional rotslow burntragedy

Content notice (10)
  • earthquake trauma and child deaths referenced
  • building collapse and graphic injury
  • organized crime and intimidation
  • heroin addiction, overdose, and withdrawal
  • domestic coercion
  • institutional corruption
  • arson and death
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • religious conflict
  • forced displacement and witness exile

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

Cover art for Assignment

Assignment

Her sentence belongs to the Crown. Her hours belong to a man.

  • ~195 min
  • 38388 words
  • 10 branch points
  • 7 endings
  • 3 plays

historicalliterary dramaromancecrimetragedyVan Diemen's Land, August–December 1832

van diemens landhistorical dramaconvict assignmentbisexual protagonistlove trianglepenal labourinstitutional rotbushrangingcolonialismslow burnbetrayalliterary tragedy

Content notice (12)
  • convict labour and enslavement-like coercion
  • colonial dispossession of palawa people
  • pregnancy under custodial coercion
  • graphic corporal punishment where earned
  • sexual coercion discussed
  • imprisonment and solitary confinement
  • bushranging and violent death
  • institutional corruption
  • pregnancy loss discussed
  • alcohol dependence
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • no slurs written out

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

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