The Carpet of a Thousand Knots

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

Bukhara, 1595. You arrive at master weaver Usta Rahim's workshop with a dead woman's letter and a keepsake from home, just as the khan's steward brings a commission: one great carpet, finished by Navruz. A year of knots. And every one of them a choice about whose patterns go in.

historical dramaNew

~114–115 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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This story asks: keepsake.

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