Lead a superpowered group of Superlatives to defend 19th-century Victorian London! Battle a Martian warship, clockwork monsters, and nefarious inventors.

The Superlatives: Aetherfall is a 260,000-word interactive novel by Alice Ripley. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the huge, unstoppable power of your imagination.

The prestigious Society for the Advancement of Individuals of Superlative Talent and the Protection of the Queen has invited you to turn out to be their newest member! But on the very day the Society plans to provoke you, unknown Villains destroy the Society headquarters and kidnap your colleagues! As the sole remaining full member of the Superlative Society, you must provoke new recruits to research the abduction.

Meet your team: Nimble—faster than lightning; Wailer—a banshee with sharp blades and sonic shriek assaults; Arturek—the gruff Martian warrior; Tua—a Venusian who instructions the power of vegetation; and Black Orchid—a unusually acquainted new recruit. Your efforts are bolstered by your faithful Clockwork assistant, Gatsby, and your always-butting-in rival, Hallow.

Will your achieve your team’s trust and convince them to work together, or will they disintegrate underneath the pressure? Will you cut a cope with London’s Villains, and even flip the Society into Villains yourself? Will you trust the mysterious Dusk and Mr. Ink, who offer you help, or will you uncover their many secrets?

• Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bisexual, asexual, or aromantic

• Draw power out of your preternatural nature, alien heritage, or genius gadgets

• Protect the Earth from torrential aetherfalls

• Keep your identification secret out of your nosy landlady, Mrs. Rathbone

• Negotiate with minute Mercurian monarchs (Mercurians stand only 4 inches tall)

• Push your teammates to transcend their origins or pursue their destiny

• Foil the Nefarious Clockwork Contraptions of Dr. Eisengeist and discover his origins

Don your mask, take to the skies, and God save the Queen!