Master arcane alchemy and ignite a revolution in a Persian steampunk empire!
In a Persian steampunk empire, will you use your arcane alchemy to repair a spaceship, or pilot a mech? Ignite a revolution, suppress it, or manipulate both sides from the shadows?
Heavens’ Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress is an interactive retrofuturistic fantasy novel by Peter Adrian Behravesh, inspired by eighteenth-century Iran, where your choices shape the story. It’s entirely text-based—270,000 words and hundreds of decisions, without graphics or sound effects—and driven solely by the limitless power of your imagination.
Your training in alchemy places you at the frontier of magic and technology, mastering the sciences that govern both the material world and the heavens. You can already forge gunpowder, design complex machinery, brew healing elixirs for the worst afflictions, and distill exquisite perfumes. Though much of astral alchemy has been lost, you might yet learn to repair a khalicraft spaceship and escape to another world—or command a towering mech into battle.
Seyj is an ancient city on the edge of upheaval. Half a century ago, the She’ri Empire invaded, deposed the old ruler, and seized control of your world. You are descended from both She’ri colonists and the original Seyj families, and your allegiance is deeply divided.
As a citizen, you must serve in the Royalists’ army and defend the satrap governor—but you also witness the growing unrest among the Revolutionists, who seek to overthrow the satrap and restore the old order.
When the Revolutionists approach you to join their cause, will you believe in their fight for justice? Or will you stay loyal to the satrap, honoring your duty as a soldier? Or will you dare a far riskier path, feeding secrets from one side to the other, playing the role of a spy in a game more perilous than any alchemical experiment?
Hope you’re not on the wrong end of a shamshir’s blade.
- Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bi, or asexual.
- Master arcane astralchemy to craft devastating weapons, open your own workshop, or earn a professorship at the University.
- Rise through the military ranks and command an army to defend the satrap.
- Or join the revolution, dethrone the usurper, and restore the true ruler to her throne.
- Find love with a fellow soldier, a blacksmith turned rebel, or a princess of the old bloodline.
Is gaining the world worth losing your soul?
