We typically cover lots of interactive fiction and gamebooks, partly because the medium fits so well on the mobile platform but mostly because our own Shaun Musgrave is pretty obsessed with them. He is the GO TO gamebook expert in these parts. However, the latest release from prominent interactive fiction developer Choice of Games has an added wrinkle that's brought it to our attention: It's written by former TouchArcade freelancer Nissa Campbell. Longtime TouchArcadians will likely remember Nissa for writing circles around the rest of us, with her comprehensive and entertaining reviews and news stories. It's no surprise to me that she's gone on to create even bigger and better things in the years since being at TouchArcade, and the latest example of that is the whopping 350,000 word novel Heart of the House [$3.99] which just released earlier today. Here's the official description: Destroy the evil at the heart of a haunted manor! As an orphan, you discovered your ability to commune with the spirit world and ghosts. When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. With your trusty companion Devanand at your side, you make your way to Darnecroy Manor, where Kent was last seen. It is...The House.

Within the manor, you'll encounter the master, Lord Bastian Reaves; his mysterious servants, Oriana and Loren; and the thousands of spirits teeming around and in this haunted mansion. But will you shatter the power that binds...