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The Kingsport Metamorphosis: An Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook
A mysterious letter summons you to the seaside town of Kingsport, where dreams leak into reality, to a wealthy estate transformed into a place of unspeakable nightmares in this new action-adventure gamebook set in the popular world of Arkham Horror.
A thrilling, if odd, request brings the Investigators of Arkham to the estate of wealthy recluse Elijah Harcourt in the mist-wreathed town of Kingsport. Curious to meet your mysterious host, your excitement is dashed when you discover Harcourt’s purpose is far more nefarious than you realized, leaving you and his guests with riddles to solve if you are to survive. As each hour passes, your companions meet terrible fates, forcing you to navigate a spiderweb of betrayal… Choose wisely, Investigator, for your dreams affect your sanity and the path you choose may lead you to a place of nightmares.
A thrilling, if odd, request brings the Investigators of Arkham to the estate of wealthy recluse Elijah Harcourt in the mist-wreathed town of Kingsport. Curious to meet your mysterious host, your excitement is dashed when you discover Harcourt’s purpose is far more nefarious than you realized, leaving you and his guests with riddles to solve if you are to survive. As each hour passes, your companions meet terrible fates, forcing you to navigate a spiderweb of betrayal… Choose wisely, Investigator, for your dreams affect your sanity and the path you choose may lead you to a place of nightmares.
290 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 3, 2026
About the author
Jonathan Green
271 books161 followersJonathan Green is a writer of speculative fiction, with more than seventy books to his name. Well known for his contributions to the Fighting Fantasy range of adventure gamebooks, he has also written fiction for such diverse properties as Doctor Who, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, Sonic the Hedgehog, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Moshi Monsters, LEGO, Judge Dredd and Robin of Sherwood.
He is the creator of the Pax Britannia series for Abaddon Books and has written eight novels, and numerous short stories, set within this steampunk universe, featuring the debonair dandy adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver. He is also the author of an increasing number of non-fiction titles, including the award-winning YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.
He has recently taken to editing and compiling short story anthologies, including the critically-acclaimed GAME OVER and SHARKPUNK, published by Snowbooks, and the forthcoming Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu.
To find out more about his current projects visit www.JonathanGreenAuthor.com and follow him on Twitter @jonathangreen.
He is the creator of the Pax Britannia series for Abaddon Books and has written eight novels, and numerous short stories, set within this steampunk universe, featuring the debonair dandy adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver. He is also the author of an increasing number of non-fiction titles, including the award-winning YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.
He has recently taken to editing and compiling short story anthologies, including the critically-acclaimed GAME OVER and SHARKPUNK, published by Snowbooks, and the forthcoming Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu.
To find out more about his current projects visit www.JonathanGreenAuthor.com and follow him on Twitter @jonathangreen.
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September 1, 2026
I have played a few of these Arkham Horror Investigators gamebooks now, and the main thing I noticed about them is how really, really hard it is to walk away alive. There are many endings, but almost all of them are bad. It makes sense; it’s a horror series after all. But still, I’d like to win at least some of the time.
Green seems to have got that complaint in The Kingsport Metamorphosis. It’s still a horror book, and most of the endings are still gruesome. But it felt like there were more nice ones in this book. I didn’t walk away from every read-through feeling depressed and hopeless, and that was nice. I actually “won” a few times. And that kept me excited to read it again.
I would definitely say that I returned to this one more times than any of the other Investigators Gamebooks that I’ve read so far. The re-readability makes The Kingsport Metamorphosis the best installment of the Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebooks to date and worth picking up.
[It should be noted that the publisher provided a copy of this book for the purpose of reviewing it. All of our reviews are written honestly and independently regardless of whether a copy of the book is provided by the publisher or purchased by the reviewer]
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Green seems to have got that complaint in The Kingsport Metamorphosis. It’s still a horror book, and most of the endings are still gruesome. But it felt like there were more nice ones in this book. I didn’t walk away from every read-through feeling depressed and hopeless, and that was nice. I actually “won” a few times. And that kept me excited to read it again.
I would definitely say that I returned to this one more times than any of the other Investigators Gamebooks that I’ve read so far. The re-readability makes The Kingsport Metamorphosis the best installment of the Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebooks to date and worth picking up.
[It should be noted that the publisher provided a copy of this book for the purpose of reviewing it. All of our reviews are written honestly and independently regardless of whether a copy of the book is provided by the publisher or purchased by the reviewer]
Read an extended version of the review here:
https://thecosmiccircus.com/book-revi...
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