Interactive Visual Novel · Mature Readers
The Lost Library
An orphanage manager in Ebolowa, Cameroon digs up a bronze tablet pointing at the Lost Library of Alexandria — and every treasure hunter, academic and shadow in the region comes knocking. Three episodes; your choices decide who Michael becomes.
↑ Play the storyWhat it is
- A tap-to-read visual novel. Tap to advance a beat; the text column grows upward and never clears, so you can always scroll back and reread.
- Your choices stick. Michael is shaped by what you pick, and the story remembers.
- Three episodes, beginning with Episode 1 — The Bronze Tablet.
- Free, in the browser, no sign-up. Your progress is saved on this device.
- Written for mature readers (16+).
Tips for reading it
- Tap anywhere to move on - each tap shows the next beat, and the text keeps stacking upward, so you can scroll back and reread whenever you like.
- Sound and text size - the speaker button at the top right turns the sound on or off, and the gear opens the settings, where you can make the text bigger if it feels a little small.
- Your place is saved on this device - come back in the same browser and it picks up where you stopped, but clearing your browser data will wipe it, so finish an episode before any tidying.
Who it's for
It's written for mature readers (16 and up), so expect some grown-up themes once the treasure hunters and shadowy groups start turning up at the orphanage door. If you like choose-your-own-adventure books, a bit of mystery and a real piece of history to hang it on, the lost library of Alexandria is a good hook. What you pick in one episode carries into the next, so it is easy to spread the three episodes over a few evenings.
More to read
Prefer something shorter? The Conference is a choose-your-path short story you can finish in one sitting. There is a new puzzle, poem or prompt every morning on Final Boss Games, and every past one is in the archive.
The Lost Library by Final Boss. Originally published by Tales Games.