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Life Has Two DoorsA novel by Michail Kyriakakis

THE NOVEL · AN INTERACTIVE ATLAS

Worlds Within the WatchOther worlds.
Human questions.

Follow a life through the watch. Each door belongs to the fiction of Life Has Two Doors — and opens a question you can carry into your own world.

EonThe ShoreAlaricAldaraElysiaTerranorZairaZylara

The Shore · The traveller

EonEvery other world begins with a human question.

A childhood beside the sea. A close encounter with death. Years later, an ancient family watch draws Eon beyond the familiar. His journey keeps returning to the question of how a life is lived.

What do you carry from the place where you began?
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Aldara · The alchemist

AlaricWhat can love ask of us?

In Aldara, science and magic meet. Alaric searches for an elixir that could save Lyra, the woman he loves. His search brings devotion face to face with the limits of control.

Where would you draw the line between devotion and fear of loss?
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Terranor · The warrior

ElysiaSometimes courage changes direction.

On Terranor, Elysia rises through a world shaped by war. The weight of bloodshed brings another kind of courage into view: the possibility of choosing peace.

What would choosing peace require you to give up?
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Zylara · The visionary

ZairaA glimpse of tomorrow changes today.

Zaira’s paintings reveal glimpses of the future on Zylara. Seeing what might come leaves her with a question about responsibility, and about what anyone can truly know.

What would you do differently if you could glimpse tomorrow?
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ONE JOURNEY THROUGH ALL FOUR LIVES

Take a question
back into the world.

Read the opening without an account. If a question stays with you, bring it into a story or a conversation in Readers’ Forum.

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