A Stretch in the Sky

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A Stretch in the Sky
by Olivia Wood profile and Failbetter Games

Episode 83 of Fallen London Exceptional Stories
Fantasy
2022

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About the Story

"There’s a hidden prison in New Newgate. An’ its where they keep all the real monsters. Not the ordinary criminals. The ones what’ll make you never sleep again."

New Newgate, the colossal stalactite-prison suspended above London, has its secrets. Its upper floors are fast filling up: to make room, someone must go free. Pose as a prisoner to infiltrate a cadre of high-profile pirates; uncover the reasons for your cellmates’ incarceration; choose your allegiances carefully as you identify a candidate for release. And remember to sleep with one eye open, this close to the Roof…

Game Details

Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: February 24, 2022
Current Version: 1.00
License: Commercial
Development System: StoryNexus
Forgiveness Rating: Merciful
IFID: Unknown
TUID: x57p32rh5j6co12o

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A jailhouse drama with three odd characters, June 13, 2022

by MathBrush
Related reviews: about 2 hours

This is an Exceptional Story for Fallen London, a kind of additional content that subscribers get.

This story features a prison with three inmates. The prison, a fixture in many Fallen London stories, is a giant stalagmite that has been hollowed out. There is an infestation of sorts in a higher level, so prisoners are getting moved lower down where there is, unfortunately, less room.

So you are sent in undercover to determine who should be released. The characters are a notorious pirate captain who may actually be a decoy, a retired spy, and a sentient tiger (a not uncommon kind of character in Fallen London).

The writing is excellent overall, but the storyline, I feel, tries to be too many things at once. It's a character study, it's a mystery, it's survival horror, it's political drama, it's romance, and I feel that there's just not enough room in the story for all these threads to be pulled together, especially since the interactivity means that some plotlines won't be followed up on.

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