The Last Rail

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

Utah Territory, 1869. An old compass makes you a clerk at the Central Pacific's end of track, two weeks before the rails meet. The country is about to be made whole. Who gets counted?

~123–127 pages · 12 chapters · 3 endings · 50M 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 it as a personalized PDF.

How it becomes your story

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

This story asks: nib, pocket.

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