The King's Eye

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

Persia, around 490 BCE. You are the youngest apprentice to Bagadata, the King's Eye, and the tribute from Sardis has come up short three years running. Somewhere along the Royal Road, between a hundred and eleven relay stations, silver is vanishing. Bagadata trusts no one. Not the treasurers, not the stationmasters, and not you.

historical adventureNewLong read

~191–193 pages · 20 chapters · 3 endings · 3.1M paths

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