The Cave Of Time (Choose Your Own Adventure) by Edward Packard, illustrated by Paul Granger. Chooseco, 2025. 9781933390796. 144pp.
You find the entrance to a cave while hiking in Snake Canyon. You venture inside for a moment, but then hurry out. No matter which page you turn to, you find yourself in a different time. Will you survive the things you encounter? Can you ever find your way back home?
I’m so happy Chooseco is publishing Retro Editions of Packard’s books. This was one of my favorites when I was a kid, along with his The Mystery of Chimney Rock and Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey, both of which will be republished soon, and both of which were also illustrated by Granger.
At The Mountains of Madness (Choose Your Own Adventure) by Jacopo Della Quercia, Illustrated by Hanna Krieger. Inspired by the work of HP Lovecraft. Chooseco, 2025. 9781937133009. 208pp.
You’re “a teenage counselor at a very strange summer camp — Miskatonic Summer Madness — all the way down in Antarctica.” The pay is unbelievably high, and you’re going to earn it (if you survive). Your time there may include not just polar night and freezing temperatures, but also death-defying rescue missions, weird specimens, odd campers, Old Ones, the Necronomicon, a mysterious mountain, an ancient hidden city, and an AI that may or may not be on your side.
Krieger’s illustrations and the horror elements make this more teen-friendly than many of the CYOA adventures I remember from the 1980s.
