cinder

Books, illustrated.

Cinder turns each chapter of a book into illustrations, in a look you choose. It's best on iPhone: listen to the audiobook and swipe through the pictures.

Cinder is invite-only for now. Leave your email and we'll send an invite as places open.

Two people share an umbrella outside a lamplit cafe on a rainy evening street, laughing.
A young woman leads a camel caravan over a dune under an enormous moon, pointing toward distant ruins.
A woman in a torn coat leaps between rooftops in the rain at night, a pursuer's flashlight behind her and the lit city far below.
A lone figure in a suit walks across a frozen plain toward a huge amber planet on the horizon.
A detective in a long dark coat stands under a streetlight in a rain-slick alley, steam rising from a grate.
A small boat crosses still water beneath giant tree roots; a white stag stands in the light beyond.
A woman in a red coat carries a suitcase along a rain-wet railway platform beside a steam train at night.
A candle-lit farmhouse hallway at night; a door at the far end stands ajar with cold light behind it.
An investigator sits in shadow in an interview room, a closed file and a cup of tea under a desk lamp.

  • Not another player.

    Keep listening where you do now. Cinder shows the pictures.

  • One look, carried through the book.

    Choose a style and how the characters look. Later chapters keep it.

  • A gallery that grows as you listen.

    Every picture is saved to its book, ready to revisit.

The story moves. The world stays yours.

Same story. Try another look.
  1. Soft gouache. Mara spreads a blue map across a brass table while Elias sets a glowing lantern on it. Bold geometric. Mara spreads a blue map across a brass table while Elias sets a glowing lantern on it.

    1Plot the route

  2. Soft gouache. Mara and Elias cross a rainy stone bridge toward an ivy-covered signal tower; Mara lifts the lantern. Bold geometric. Mara and Elias cross a rainy stone bridge toward an ivy-covered signal tower; Mara lifts the lantern.

    2Cross the harbor

  3. Soft gouache. At the top of the tower, Mara holds a small crystal by a huge broken lens while Elias holds the map. Bold geometric. At the top of the tower, Mara holds a small crystal by a huge broken lens while Elias holds the map.

    3Find the crystal

  4. Soft gouache. A blue beam spreads over the harbor as Elias turns a brass wheel and Mara stands by the window. Bold geometric. A blue beam spreads over the harbor as Elias turns a brass wheel and Mara stands by the window.

    4Light the sea

A visual library of books, built by listening.

The All pictures page in Cinder, showing three lamplit oil paintings saved under The Lantern Atlas.
A picture shown full screen in Cinder: an older woman holds a mug at a kitchen table at dawn, old photographs spread before her, lace curtains at the window.

Step inside the book.

What we collect and why. Your email, so we can send your invite. After you join we ask two optional questions, where you listen and a book you'd like to see, so we know what to work on first. Nothing else, and this page has no tracking scripts.