Cahokia
A book-launch site for Michael LeRoi’s Cahokia trilogy, with a cinematic opening and a prologue visitors can read or hear.
- Work
- Client project
- Status
- Live
- My role
- Website design, build and narrated prologue
Give the trilogy a home
The author needed a place to introduce the whole series. The site brings the books, setting and author together, then gives readers a direct route to the editions on sale. It also makes the third book’s status clear: it is being written.
Let people enter the story
An illustrated opening advances with the scroll. Further down, the prologue has its own reading space and audio player. Someone can try the voice of the book before leaving for a retailer, and choose to listen or read at their own pace.
Keep the reading path clear
The main navigation goes straight to the books, prologue, world and author. That structure gives the visual opening a practical destination. The prologue has a direct anchor, so a shared link can take a reader to the sample without replaying the introduction.
The finished work
The site is live at michaelleroi.com. Readers can move from the opening scene to a sample of the story, then follow the book links when they are ready to buy. The author also has a direct contact route for readers who want to write.