Master arcane alchemy and spark a revolution in a Persian steampunk empire!

In a Persian steampunk world, will you use your arcane alchemy to repair a starship or command a mech? Spark an uprising, crush it, or manipulate both sides against each other?

"Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress" is an interactive retro-futuristic fantasy novel by Peter Adrian Behravesh, set in an eighteenth-century Iran-inspired world where your decisions shape the story. This entirely text-based adventure contains 270,000 words and hundreds of choices—no graphics or sound effects—driven solely by the limitless power of your imagination.

Your alchemical training places you at the frontier of magic and technology, mastering the science of both the material world and the heavens. You can already produce gunpowder, design complex machinery, brew potions to cure severe illnesses, and distill aromatic perfumes. Though much astralchemy knowledge is lost, you might even learn to restore a khalicraft starship to flee to another world or operate a giant mech in combat.

Seyj is an ancient city teetering on revolution. Fifty years ago, the She'ri Empire invaded, toppling the former ruler and occupying your planet. With ancestry from both She'ri colonists and historic Seyj families, your allegiances are divided.

Like all citizens, you must serve in the Royalist army and protect the satrap governor—yet you witness the Revolutionists' protests escalating daily, pushing to overthrow the satrap and reinstate the old regime.

When the Revolutionists seek to recruit you, will you embrace their fight for justice? Remain loyal to the satrap, honoring your military duty? Or engage in a more perilous game than your most volatile alchemical flame, acting as a spy by leaking intelligence between factions?

You had better hope you don't find yourself on the wrong end of a shamshir's blade.

• Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bi, or asexual.

• Master arcane astralchemy to forge powerful weapons, establish your workshop, or earn a professorship at the University

• Advance through military ranks and lead an army to defend the satrap

• Or, join the revolution, overthrow the usurper, and restore the former ruler to her throne

• Find romance with a fellow soldier, a blacksmith-turned-rebel, or a princess

Is conquering the world worth the cost of your soul?