Cover of The Lost Fortune by Elle Michels
Book One

A branching treasure-hunt adventure

The Lost Fortune

A forgotten fortune lies somewhere on Black Gull Cove. Follow the clues, make your choices and decide which route might lead you closer to the truth.

Interactive fictionTreasure huntMysteryChoose your path

Your first adventure

You decide where the trail leads.

The Lost Fortune is the starting point for Black Gull Cove Adventures. Instead of simply following one fixed route through the story, you make decisions about where to go and what to investigate.

Clues and discoveries draw you deeper into the mystery, while the island itself becomes part of the adventure. Different choices can send you along different routes, giving you reasons to return and see what another path reveals.

Inside the adventure

This isn’t a book you simply read.

You take part in the investigation, deciding how to explore Black Gull Cove and which clues deserve another look.

Make choices

Choose what to investigate and where to head next.

Follow clues

Pay attention to discoveries that could change your route.

Explore the map

Build a picture of the island as the adventure unfolds.

Try another path

Return to earlier decisions and see what you missed.

Illustrated map of Greywake Island

Greywake Island

The island is part of the mystery.

Paths, coastlines and forgotten places connect the adventures of Black Gull Cove. As the series continues, the world opens up and the mysteries reach farther across Greywake.

See the island on the main site

Black Gull Cove Adventures

Start here. Then go deeper.

After The Lost Fortune, continue with The Explorer’s Journal and The Vanished Expedition.