CSI Creator Releases Level 26: Dark Prophecy e-book Exclusively for the iPad

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CSI Creator and author of the worldwide best selling Level 26 trilogy, Anthony E. Zuiker launched today Dark Prophecy for iPad a thrilling, interactive 400 page e-book designed and developed by Hooray. The Dark Prophecy iPad application retails for $12.99 and can be downloaded via the App Store here. The application provides a truly unique experience for the iPad enabling users to literally use their senses as they read; providing sound, touch and visual elements to the e-book. Haunting music sets the mood, blood splatters and other in-book special effects appear and readers can touch, move and manipulate pictures integrated with the text.

This edge-of-your-seat reading experience offers innovative opportunities for readers to not just consume the book but to become an active participant in the storytelling experience. Readers can enjoy this intense thriller as a regular e-book or as a Digi-novel that incorporates a one hour film, directed by Zuiker, to give readers a deeper understanding of the main character, Steve Dark. The movie is broken up into 11 cyber-bridges used in the application to create an engaging, immersive experience that moves readers from passages in the book to the ‘cyber-bridge’ videos. Readers check out page effects, manipulate 10 different tarot cards and experience 176 various sound effects. Readers partner with Steve Dark to collect 24 character bios and uncover 11 pieces of evidence unlocked as they read on their quest to catch the notorious villain: the Tarot Card Killer.

For more information on the application view the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz1GIG2fefI, visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dark-prophecy/id415798640?mt=8&ls=1 or http://www.Level26.com.

About Dark Prophecy: A Level 26 Thriller:

From the creator of the blockbuster CSI franchise, Anthony Zuiker, comes Dark Prophecy the second book in the worldwide best-selling Level 26 series. The franchise features Steve Dark as the ultimate crime-scene tactician on the tail of the next embodiment of evil - the Tarot Card Killer. More information on the Level 26 series is available at http://www.level26.com.

About Hooray:

Founded in 2010, Hooray is a Los Angeles-based innovation company, specializing in mobile application and product development. The firm works with publishers, brands, agencies and individuals to create immersive and highly interactive products that are some of the world's most engaging consumer experiences. For more information please visit www.hooraysociety.com.