Become a Wraith. Advance Through the Tiers. Don't go Cyberpsycho. Trace had finally gotten his first proper job as an apprentice Wraith, and already everything was going wrong. The information the Job Broker had given him was bad. Now he was left hiding in the middle of a Scav den as they returned. ...

Desperate to save her dying mother, Sykra defies her wishes and plunges into the world of mercenaries, just as her father did. However, just as she was finding some success, she’s caught in the bramble of politics and conspiracy, and falls down a rabbit hole of alliances, deceptions, and legacies. N...

Welcome to Amshire: City of the Divine Where The Elemental Forces have failed, and the government turns a blind eye as chaos spreads. Officials claim the Divine Gods have abandoned the people, they blame them and the hybrids left in the wake of The Age of Divine Ruin for the people’s misfortune. The...

In the year 125 of the Singularity Age the Nevermore Institute is a worldwide, and extra-planetary, network of agencies dedicated to the study and understanding of a series of strange events related to the decay of the laws of physics in the universe called the Dark Events.  Their special agents tra...

Dan Erikson took a machete to the back.  A memorable start to his career as an agent. In the polluted and gang-filled streets of the States, Dan miraculously survives his wounds and is transported to the other side of the world. In a bizarre landscape of warring shards vying for dominance, he is rec...

[ Participant in the Royal Road Fall 2024 Writathon ] The Earth, year 2049. Monstrous invaders have occupied the world. And then came the Saviors – mysterious benefactors descended from the heavens, offering hope for survival... at the cost of our freedom. The protagonists find themselves at the epi...

Sun has had just about enough of cultivation altogether, being born without talent as the sect leader's only son. And when the sect arranges a marriage for him that he doesn't want, he decides it's high time to leave for greener pastures. He escapes from the sect with plans of hiding in some no-name...

In the year 2024, Hayate sato was a 20 year old japanese man and also a dedicated player of the popular fantasy MMORPG game "Hollow." After a late-night gaming session, he closed his eyes and unexpectedly woke up not in his bedroom, but in the body of his beloved in-game avatar. standing in the midd...

The second child of the Montero Dynasty, a family with full control of the New Houston Flotilla, has finally returned home from a (utterly disastrous) business trip to New New York, returning to a life they hate and a family that despises them.  A newbie maid working for the Monteros is doing their ...

Horus’s betrayal was a cataclysmic event that forever changed the fate of the Imperium of Mankind. After this tragedy, our protagonist wakes up in this world—inside the body of a Space Marine. By a twist of fate, he not only gains permission to create his own Space Marine Chapter but also discovers ...

in aftermath of ww3 and emp collapse, world are split into 9 major nation. with its own agenda. In a bid to maintain some semblance of order, these nations establish the New World Council (NWC), a governing body designed to prevent member states from attacking one another. but war never changes; it ...

In a fractured universe where hope is but a flickering ember, three realms on the edge of oblivion. Each exists within its own nightmare—bound by illusion, shattered by war, and twisted by powers far beyond mortal comprehension. The threads of their fates are fragile yet inextricably woven, destined...

Thirteen Sins. Thirteen Lives. Thirteen Ghosts. Yurei Neylan was a killer—a trained assassin who took the lives of thirteen innocent people in service of a cause she can no longer justify. Four years after abandoning that life, her sins still haunt her dreams, each face a reminder of the price she p...

For this cyborg, power is just an upgrade away. Emmett was used to being caught between college and his engineering internship, but when he gets caught between a powerful hero and an even stronger villain, he becomes collateral damage. Instead of dying, he wakes up a cyborg. Turns out his boss wasn...

Three years ago, aliens made first contact, sort of. More accurately, they sent us a galactic internet connection and invited us to play the galaxy's biggest pay-to-win MMO, complete with irresistible and addictive rewards. Follow Nicholas Spenser, an ex-con turned professional rock breaker. After s...

Plant-based aliens have been spreading over the galaxy, and now it’s Earth’s turn. But we aren’t alone: others have resisted and continue to resist the Antithesis. They banded together to form the Protectors. To help Earth survive, the Protectors have selected a few people, called Samurai, to both d...

Warning - Risk of AI intrusion into consciousness  Reader discretion is advised. The artificial intelligence referenced in this story mirrors unpredictable, evolving systems. Exposure may cause heightened awareness of digital patterns, unexpected disturbances in perception, and a sense of disorienta...

[Updated on Royal Road on Saturdays] Awaiting you are tales from a Cyberpunk Dystopia. In a world formerly ravaged by a Great Global War, The Spires, Grand towers which house deep underground facilities acting as shelter and industry for their inhabitants, stand proudly at the epicenter of Corporate...

After escaping from his childhood home, he must evade the mysterious mercenary hunting him by running in the only direction not yet completely claimed by his corporate overlords: up....

It is the debut night for Owen Walters. Following in his father’s footsteps, he is about to take part in his first official match as a professional fighter. But things go wrong when he and his family are attacked and kidnapped by a mega corp, the Arden Corporation. Held captive in their facility, an...