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[SCI FI] [ADVENTURE] [DARK HUMOR] [DYSTOPIAN] [ADVENTURE]
Second Earth by Celeste Yates
The Room is Beige. The Blood is Real. The Choice is Yours.
You wake up on a cold floor with a hole in your memory and a dead man in your lounge.
You don’t know his name. You don’t even know your own. All you have is a pounding headache, a flickering 80s floor lamp, and the unsettling realization that you are wearing someone else’s shoes.
In Is It You, you aren’t just reading a noir thriller—you are inhabiting the fractured mind of Jim, a man who has been a “placeholder” his entire life. Now, that life has shattered, and you have to piece it back together before the Sheriff, a woman named Kate, or your own history catches up to you.
Access Your Choices: Is It You?
Beyond the Page: A New Kind of Mystery
This is an interactive psychological experience. While a regular book marches you toward a single conclusion, Is It You functions like a living narrative.
- The Path of the Shoe: Jim observes the world through footwear—a grounded detail born from his trauma. Every pair of shoes you choose to follow represents a shift in logic, morality, and survival.
- Eight Divergent Truths: There is no “right” way to play. Depending on whether you are logical, gullible, or vengeful, the story branches into eight distinct endings.
- Scientific Realism: From the forensic entomology of a crime scene to the biological evolution of a “novel ecosystem,” every detail is grounded in grim, realistic research.
Eight Endings. Multiple Choices. Which Jim are You?
Not Ready to Commit? Start the Clock.
The first two chapters are a blur of beige wallpaper and mounting dread. See if you have what it takes to navigate the first ten minutes of Jim’s new life.
[Read Chapters 1 & 2 For Free] [Coming soon!]
See the Logic in Motion
How does an interactive book actually work? Watch Jim navigate the “Dead Man” junction in this exclusive gameplay preview.
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Get More Choices. Get More Behind the Scenes
The mystery doesn’t end with the book. Dive deeper into the “Inside the Forge” series to discover the secrets behind the story.
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