The Quiet Car

The Quiet Car — cover art

2088. Thirty hours on the slow train from Chicago to Seattle. You're the only human safety officer aboard, and the conductor AI keeps asking you to stand in odd places, a minute before something goes wrong.

science fictionNew

~115–117 pages · 12 chapters · 3 endings · 50M paths

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