How do you create an audio edition of the world’s first Digi-Novel™—a novel that can be read straight through
but also directs you to a Web site to log into and watch motion picture footage that will enhance the story? It is with
great pleasure that Penguin Audio announces the first Digi-Audio™ experience with LEVEL 26: Dark Origins
by the creator of the CSI franchise, Anthony E. Zuiker, and written with Duane Swierczynski.
What is the first Digi-Audio experience? It offers two ways to experience the audiobook. The more traditional
way is with eight unabridged CDs, read by John Glover, well-known on Broadway, in film, and for his five Emmy
Award nominations. However, included in the audiobook package is another way to experience LEVEL 26: Dark
Origins: an exclusive DVD containing Glover’s brilliant reading, which automatically launches each cyber-bridge
(twenty in all) at the appropriate point in the story. The DVD will also contain never-before-seen bonus material,
including original illustrations by Marc Ecko and photo stills from the shoots of the cyber-bridges.
Whether one chooses the traditional audiobook or the Digi-Audio experience on DVD, the story will grip you
from beginning to end.
LEVEL 26: Dark Origins is centered around the worst serial killer that law enforcement has ever seen.
There have always been 25 levels of serial killers. Sqweegel is the first to be classified as level 26. And there is only
one man who can find him: Steve Dark, once a part of the highly secret black ops element within the U.S.
government who has sworn off chasing Sqweegel since his family was brutalized. But when Sqweegel comes calling,
Dark has no choice but to immerse himself in this unknown killer’s mind, hoping to stay one step ahead of him—or
risk his last chance at a normal life.
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the Dark side.
The first television script I ever wrote was CSI. Almost overnight, the CSI franchise surpassed my wildest dreams and became a cultural phenomenon. And now, I am extremely pleased to announce my next project, Level 26: Dark Origins. Level 26 takes the best features of books, film, and interactive digital technologies and rolls them all into a unique storytelling experience we’re calling the world’s first “Digi-Novel™.”
Level 26: Dark Origins features Steve Dark, the ultimate crime scene tactician on the tail of a killer so brutal law enforcement has invented a new classification of evil to account for him. Dark Origins can be read on the beach or on an airplane without any digital access . . . but where the traditional story ends, a deeper level of immersion is available at www.level26.com, exclusively to readers of the book. About every twenty pages, you will have the option of logging in to experience a digital cyber-bridge—a three-minute motion picture scene with A-list actors you might’ve seen in blockbuster films and award winning TV shows. Before your eyes, the characters will spring to life, crime scene details will explode off the screen, and the Web site might even ask for a phone number—where the killer can reach you directly. You might call it CSI with an edge.
Level 26 is not just something you read. It’s an experience. Read, watch, log in. Enjoy!
Anthony E. Zuiker
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