Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 1

Blades of Light and Shadow is the first and thus far only book of the Blades of Light and Shadow series.

Summary
Travel with your party of adventurers across the Kingdom of Morella to defeat the forces of the Shadow Court.

''Create your character and rally your party in this truly epic adventure! The forces of darkness are rising... will you be the light that defeats them?''

Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins
"Create your character and rally your party in this truly epic adventure! The forces of darkness are rising... will you be the light that defeats them?"

Chapter 2: Of Loss and Legends
"You reach the Temple of Ellara to find someone already there... and they're out for blood. What ancient secrets lurk within its vaults?"

Chapter 3: The City By The Sea
"Next stop, Port Parnassus... where your party of adventurers may find more than they bargained for!"

Chapter 4: Escape at Sea
"The forces of the Shadow Court have infiltrated the city! There's only one way out... by sea!"

Skill System
Skills will help you conquer challenges, befriend allies, and unlock special scenes. More skills can be unlocked by earning XP which you'll get by making correct choices, defeating enemies, and passing Skill checks.Some choices will require you to have a Skill to choose them. These unlock special scenes and often award XP.

Lore Tablets:
Collect them to learn more about the world, its inhabitants, and the history of the Great War. Collecting all six tablets will unlock a bonus scene.

Spoilers

 * On October 5, 2018, Andrew Shvarts, one of the writers at PB, revealed he had just received first concept art for a Super Secret New Choices Project.
 * On November 26, 2018, Andrew Shvarts also confirmed on that The Heist: Monaco was not the secret project he was working on.
 * On December 22, 2018, Andrew Shvarts revealed he is working on five books for the Choices App and hopes to be able to release them in 2019.
 * On February 6, 2019, Andrew Shvarts revealed that he had just seen the cover for a new Choices book and deemed it beautiful!
 * On March 19, 2019, Andrew Shvarts tweeted that he had just received the first official art for his Super Top Secret Project.
 * On March 20, 2019, a fantasy genre book was teased in the "Summer Reads and More" blogpost.
 * On March 22, 2019, revealed that the top secret project he had been working on, and teasing players with since October 2018 was in fact this new fantasy book.
 * On April 9, 2019, in their first ever Choices Insiders newsletter, PB teased that the newsletter in May will have more information on this new book series.
 * During the livestream on April 26, 2019, it was teased that the new fantasy book is very new and very different with amazing art and love interests.
 * On May 3, 2019, in the May edition of Choices Insiders, PB revealed an extra early sneak peek of the book as well as going so far to say that the book is a "thrilling fantasy epic that will redefine how you play Choices."
 * In one of his tweets, Andrew Shvarts, one of the writers of this book, said that the characters on the sneak peek were options that we would be able to choose from. With them looking like a female and a male option, he thus confirmed that players would be able to pick the gender of the MC.
 * On this same day, they revealed this book will feature a skills system that will redefine how you play Choices.
 * On August 16, 2019 the title of this book was revealed to be Blades of Light and Shadow from their blogpost, "Three Years of Choices".
 * The blog post confirmed that the player would get to play as elf, human, or orc, and choose your character's skills.
 * It also includes a sneak peek featuring a male human and a female orc.
 * They teased that the story takes place in the Kingdom of Morella and that the player has to defeat the forces of the Shadow Court, hinting at a potential Big Bad.
 * On August 20, 2019, Andrew posted a tweet about the brainstorming process for the female orc on the sneak peek, calling her "your buff orc girlfriend", hinting at her being a potential love interest.
 * On the same day, writer Emi replied to his tweet, indicating that she was involved in the writing.
 * On September 10, 2019, PB described the book on Twitter by using a string of emojis.
 * On September 30, 2019, PB announced that the book had been moved up to release in Winter 2019 and called it one of their more experimental books.
 * On November 1, 2019, writer Andrew Shvarts tweeted a picture of himself dressed as the character from the sneak peek and wrote that the "reference will be good in like 2 months", hinting at a possible release date.
 * On November 5, 2019, in a reply to Andrew's tweet about Flynn O'Malley, Jake McKenzie, and the currently unnamed man from the sneak peek, Kara Loo wrote he keeps calling them "Mal". Andrew therefore warned of spoilers, hinting at a possible name.
 * On November 8, 2019, in the November Choices Insiders, PB revealed the list of books they would wrap up 2019 with. Blades of Light and Shadow was not included in this list, thus revealing that the book would not be released until early 2020.
 * In the December 2019 Livestream, it was confirmed that this book will be released in January 2020. The lead writer, Andrew, stated that this book will feel more like an RPG (Role Playing Game). They have been working on it for almost two years and it will feature more than one female LI.
 * In the newsletter on December 13, 2019, PB shared a sneak peek of a creature named Threep.
 * On January 6, 2020, PB released the first teaser video.
 * On January 8, 2020, PB released a second teaser showcasing a map of different places.
 * On January 9, 2020, PB released a sneak peek showcasing the skill system.
 * On January 10, 2020, PB released a teaser featuring Nia, the Priestess.
 * On January 13, 2020, PB released a teaser featuring Mal, the Rogue.
 * On January 14, 2020, PB released a teaser featuring Tyril, the Mage.
 * On January 15, 2020, PB released a teaser featuring Imtura, the Warrior.
 * On January 16, 2020, PB stated that the trailer will be out tomorrow on January 17th.
 * On January 17, 2020, PB released a trailer along with the release date being January 29th.
 * On January 23, 2019, PB released a sneak peek featuring creatures we will discover.
 * On January 24, 2020, PB released the Chapter 1 description.
 * On January 28, 2020, PB released a blog about this book which includes a sneak peek.
 * On January 30, 2020, PB asked in a poll who players chose to play as. Most players answered that they play as human, followed by elf.
 * On February 3, 2020, PB released a sneak peek for Chapter 3.
 * On February 11, 2020, PB released a sneak peek for Chapter 4.

Trivia

 * The title can be abbreviated as "BoLaS". "Bola" is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "ball", bolas is the plural form. PB usually abbreviate it as "Blades".

Click here for the walkthrough of this book: Blades of Light and Shadow Choices.