Choice of the Deathless

“In a month, once the Work picks up, you doubt you'll ever again see a sunset that's not filtered through glass. Too many dead men to be raised, gods to be wrestled, laws of reality to be violated. You know. The usual life of a Craftswoman.”

A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure text-based game set many years before the book series but after the God Wars.

Featuring forays into demonic worlds, exploration of a city not featured in the books, characters that later have cameos in the novels (hi R’ok, hi Ashleigh Wakefield), and the weird and wonderful necromantic magic of Craft.

First game, but playable in any order.

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Unofficial Craft Sequence Timeline (UPDATED 2024)
Unofficial Craft Sequence Timeline (UPDATED 2024)

We know that the Craft Sequence has a weird chronology, but what is the actual timeline across the series? How old are characters during different novels.

We’ve worked it out from references in the books – and updated it with new information.

Choice of the Deathless Walkthrough
Choice of the Deathless Walkthrough

Choice of the Deathless is the first of two unconnected choose-your-own-adventure text games set in the world of the Craft Sequence, set several years before the novels. This article looks at the different chapters of the game, key characters, and the awards you can win through different choices - everything you need to know is right here.

Guide to Gladstone: What to read after the Craft Sequence
Guide to Gladstone: What to read after the Craft Sequence

So you’ve made it through the scarred and staggering world left by the God Wars, whichever chronology worked out for you. You’re still picking the shards of Ruin of Angels out of your teeth or you just snapped up Dead Country and it’s not enough. Where should you go next?

This comprehensive guide to Max Gladstone’s other works will help you choose.

OFFICIAL Craft Sequence Timeline (translated)
OFFICIAL Craft Sequence Timeline (translated)

The OFFICIAL Craft Sequence timeline, translated from the German timeline in the cover of Drei Viertel Tod.

Summary of Choice of the Deathless

Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.

"Choice of the Deathless" is a necromantic legal thriller by Max Gladstone, Campbell Award-nominated author of Three Parts Dead and Two Serpents Rise. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

  • Explore a fantasy realm with a rich and evolving backstory, based on the novels published by Tor Books.

  • Play as male or female, gay or straight, dead or alive (or both).

  • Build your career on carefully reasoned contracts, or party all night with the skeletal partners at your firm.

  • Navigate intrigue and mystery in a world of scheming magicians and devious monsters.

  • Look for love in at least some of the right places.

  • Balance student loans, sleep, daily commute, rent payments, and demonic litigation—hey, nobody said being a wizard was always fun.