Level 26ers,

Finally! The day has come. Dark Prophecy for iPad is now available in the App Store. After many, many months of work the ultimate Digi-novel has arrived and, in my opinion, it is very, very cool.

Check out the video preview we created above and if you own an iPad, click HERE to download the App.

Enjoy!

Zuiker

More behind the scenes footage of our vicious Clown Killer.

Have a good week, 26ers.

- Zuiker

Enjoy this Behind the Scenes video, and have a great weekend.

- Zuiker

Welcome to Level26.com! If you’re reading this then you’ve picked up a copy of Dark Prophecy: A Level 26 Thriller (or, perhaps, even Level 26: Dark Origins). If you’re new to the “Digi-Novel” experience, let us give you a little rundown on how this whole thing works.

You can experience the “Digi-Novel” in three ways:

1)    You can read your hardcover or ebook copy cover to cover and enjoy it as you would any traditional novel.

2)    Every 40 pages you’ll be prompted to come to this website and enter a code to watch a cyber-bridge – a three to ten minute movie that will take you beyond the book’s storyline and treat you to Steve Dark’s personal Tarot card reading where Dark must confront his past to see his future.

This time around, the cyber-bridges are actually an hour-long film cut up into eleven parts, so there is no need to watch it when prompted, though we encourage you to do so. You can watch them all at once, four at a time, or however you wish to consume them. The cyber-bridges are meant to enhance the book experience in Dark Prophecy, not replace it.

3)    Lastly, you can join and participate in our Level26.com community where you can discuss the book with other fans, read blogs from me, the creator of CSI, enjoy behind-the-scenes photos and videos, and much more.

Thank you so much for picking up your copy of Dark Prophecy: A Level 26 Thriller (or Level 26: Dark Origins) and we encourage you to take a look around the site, set up your profile, say hi to other members in our forums and comment sections and enjoy everything the “Digi-Novel” experience has to offer.

Anthony E. Zuiker

Level 26ers,

The Dark Prophecy for the iPad has been submitted to the app store for review and we’re looking to release the app on February 15th. It’s been many months of hard work on behalf of our developers, Hooray Society, putting together was is truly a first of its kind app.

You can preview the app in our gallery HERE.

We’re going to be releasing a video preview of the app soon, now that we have the final build, which will give you a better idea of how this app works. Meanwhile, here is a list of all the features available in the app:

Full version of the book Dark Prophecy, available in three reading modes:

Traditional: Like any eBook this version is text only and does not include the cyber-bridges.

Digi-Novel: Containing both text and live-action motion picture cyber-bridges integrated into the reading experience, this option gives you a richer, more immersive experience.

Ultimate Digi-novel: Giving you everything the ‘Digi-novel’ has to offer, this option is the ultimate cross-platform experience. While consuming the text and cyber-bridges, this option allows you to collect character bios and evidence as you work alongside Steve Dark to catch the Tarot Card Killer.

The one-hour ‘cyber-bridge’ film, written and directed by Anthony E. Zuiker, that takes you deeper into the character of Steve Dark.

Interactive Tarot Cards

Character Bios and Photos

Collect evidence and listen to Steve Dark’s analysis.

Behind-the-scenes videos on the making of Dark Prophecy.

An Icon and a Creator: An interview with Anthony E. Zuiker and Ann-Margret.

Photo Gallery

The Dark Prophecy Trailer

Customizable text and audio.

Zuiker

We had a big increase in site traffic over the holiday break, which makes me think that many of you received either Dark Prophecy or Dark Origins as a gift. I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome you to the site and tell you a little bit about how this whole thing works.

What you have in your hands is a Digi-novel. A what? A Digi-novel. It works like this: as you read the novel you’ll reach the end of a section where you’re given a code. On the right side of this website, you’ll see a box for inputting that code (respective to whichever book you’re reading) that will unlock a cyber-bridge (a 3-5 minute piece of motion picture footage that enhances the reading experience).

Dark Origins and Dark Prophecy work a little different. Dark Origins acts as a literal bridge, as if we’ve removed a section of the book and filmed it. Dark Prophecy actually has a separate, though related, storyline that takes you deeper into the character of Steve Dark. You can choose to watch it when prompted or not. You can watch them all at once or not at all.

Either way, we’ve built an engaging and interactive experience here at Level 26 and want you to take part. We have a number of exciting things coming up soon as well.

In the next few weeks we’ll be releasing the iPad app for Dark Prophecy, which will contain the book, the cyber-bridges as well as a bunch of extra features and content. Essentially, the dream of the Digi-novel in its truest form has become a reality.

We’ve also begun work on Book 3. We will have a big announcement with more details later but for now we can tell you that it will be coming out later this year, in October 2011. Give you guys something to look forward to.

In the meantime, enjoy the first two books and be sure to let us know what you think!

Zuiker