Choice of the Petal Throne is a 124,000-word interactive fantasy novel, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based - without graphics or sound effects - and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. As a captain in one of their armies, will you play as male or female, gay straight or bi? A brave and forthright soldier, a hedonistic intriguer with a heart of gold, or scheming double agent?
In the Empire of the Petal Throne, will you find glory, or a knife in your back? A world where South American, Middle Eastern, and Indian cultures collide!
M.A.R. Barker's world of Tékumel is a fantasy universe like no other, where South American, Middle Eastern, and Indian cultures collide. The princes and princesses of the Tsolyáni empire vie for their father's mystical Petal Throne, tearing the nation apart with civil war and political intrigues.