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The cover of Wait and Hope

Historical revenge drama, Restoration France

Wait and Hope

Ten years dead on paper, five names in your head, and someone in Paris is already striking them out in ink.

An interactive story for adults, written live by AI as you choose.

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New readers start with 140 free ink, about seven turns. For readers 18 and over.

Who you play

Escaped prisoner of the Château d'If, 29, logged dead of fever

You were nineteen when you were taken from your family's house on the Quai du Port, and nearly ten years in If have left you thin, hard-handed and patient in ways you did not choose. You carry nothing out but what you remember: the paymaster's coded ledger, a promise, and five names.

Length
A serial: it goes on as long as you keep reading
Endings
6 to find
Content
Mature (18+), closed-door romance

How it plays

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