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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 Mountain That Eats Men

The Mountain That Eats Men

The mountain takes the body. The book decides whether it ever lived.

  • ~188 min
  • 31721 words
  • 12 branch points
  • 6 endings
  • 3 plays

historicaldramaromancetragedypoliticalPotosí, Upper Peru, August–November 1585

historical dramacolonial AndesPotosíforced labourqueer romancelove triangleinstitutional corruptionminingtragedyadult protagonistmoral compromiseslow burn

Content notice (8)
  • forced labour and colonial racial hierarchy
  • graphic mine-collapse injury and death
  • mercury poisoning and chronic illness
  • coercion, wage theft, debt, and imprisonment
  • religious discipline and institutional betrayal
  • grief, burial, and falsified death records
  • sexual content implied, cuts away
  • bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

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

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