It's been [nothing but announcements](/content/archives/2275 "Android alert!"/index.html) here at **inkle** in the last couple of weeks, and here's the latest bit of news: surprise! **inkle**'s latest interactive story, published by Dutton and written by best-selling author [Kelley Armstrong](http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/), will be hitting the [US App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kelley-armstrongs-cainsville/id674779851?ls=1&mt=8) this **Thursday**!

[_Kelley Armstrong's Cainsville Files_](http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/features/amplified_editions/cainsville_files_app.html) is our latest collaboration with Penguin US (after [_Poems By Heart_](/content/archives/2089 "Poems By Heart from Penguin Classics"/index.html), as recently featured in an Apple marketing campaign for education).

Written by #1 _New York Times_ bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, _Cainsville Files_ introduces readers to the mysterious town of Cainsville, the setting of Kelley's upcoming book _Omens_. In this unique interactive adventure, the reader guides a down-on-her-heels private eye through her investigation into the disappearance of her high-school sweetheart.

### An interactive graphic novel...

The app is a new style of story for us, that uses a unique "interactive graphic novel" design. Somewhere between a comic-book, a visual novel, and an inklebook, _Cainsville Files_ is probably the most visually rich app we've done yet, thanks to awesome background and character art by [digital artist Julie Dillon](http://www.juliedillonart.com/).

### ...created with inklewriter!

And excitingly for us, the story itself was written entirely by Kelley using the online version of [**inklewriter**](/content/inklewriter/index.html). Our goal for **inklewriter** was always to let authors just "get on and write" interactive fiction.

And although we've published several interactive works to Kindle [using our ebook service](/content/inklewriter/create-an-ebook "Create an ebook"/index.html), this is the first time time we've taken content all the way from the web front end through to a final released app. The story is novella-length, and feature several branches, alternate paths, and clues to discover (and horrible ways to die): so it really put the software to the test, using all the logic and tracking features **inklewriter** provides.

### Coming soon to Canada and the UK

So if you want to take a trip to _Cainsville_, the app will be out for [iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch in the US](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kelley-armstrongs-cainsville/id674779851?ls=1&mt=8) on Thursday, and is coming soon to Canada, courtesy of Random House Canada. A UK release is also expected from Sphere and Little, Brown. (Both of these might well be sadly delayed by the [Apple hack](http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/22/apple-developer-site-hacked).)

Now; back to Kharé for us!