Kilima Lift

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

Nairobi, 2071. On the Ngong Hills, a ribbon thinner than paper and a hundred thousand kilometres long rises from the anchor station into the sky: Africa's first orbital tether, six weeks from its first crewed climb. You are the youngest intern on the project. And the engineer you work for, Wanjiru Kamau, has just found a flaw that the investors want kept quiet until launch day.

near-future sci-fiNew

~119–121 pages · 12 chapters · 3 endings · 25K paths

A book that casts you as the lead

This is a personalized choose-your-own-adventure book: before you begin, it asks a few questions, then weaves your answers into the prose while your choices steer the plot. The full story is free to read in your browser — no account needed for the opening — and if it becomes yours, you can keep the complete book, every path included, as a personalized DRM-free EPUB.

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From your profile: name, pronouns, hair color, eye color, handedness.

This story asks: keepsake.

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