ACCISMUS

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In the far reaches of the distant future, the universe in its grand totality submits to the will of the Seventh-Venerated Emperor Volsif XCVII's Great Domain. It is a time of abundant prosperity and of miserable deprivation; of gentle peace and of devastating war. And it is within the backwater fiefdom of Callisto that a man born with everything and a woman born with nothing - both crippled by circumstance beyond their control - will try to carve the shapes of their own existences onto the uncaring world around them as, all the while, the looming hand of the all-knowing Emperor closes its jealous grip tighter and tighter over the future of the known universe.

It is a fool's gambit, they know.

But still they must try.

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2024
Author: Mjolng

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.9/ 5.0
Followers: 35
Views: 11,917

Chapters(39 total)

What readers say about ACCISMUS

“ACCISMUS1 is the best literary work I have, to this date, read on this site, and any writing site on the internet as-a-whole. A complete maelstrom of violence, politics, and everything else unfolds through the words of this story. This book's characters are…”
NexoiRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“Accismus is a story of love, hate, heartbreak, power, and the impending doom of an all-out galactic war. We follow, principally, Kore and Jaheed, two characters alike in goal but disparate in their methods. The two face odds they could never imagine, and de…”
TheOG_BunnyRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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NexoiRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
ACCISMUS1 is the best literary work I have, to this date, read on this site, and any writing site on the internet as-a-whole.
A complete maelstrom of violence, politics, and everything else unfolds through the words of this story. This book's characters are as lifelike as any real person. Three (or maybe even four) dimensional, all of them are. They are each people, in their own regard.
With every new chapter I was surprised anew by the direction of the story, simply stupefied by each plot twist, even though, in retrospect, it was all so obvious. There was no other way that these events could have unfolded. Not to mention the quality of it all.
The worldbuilding is simply exquisite, chock-full of everything one could expect from the Sci-fi genre, and more beyond. This entire world is delightfully inspired by some of the classics of Sci-fi, as-in Dune, and Asimov's Foundation, among others.
In terms of grammar and presentation? ACCISMUS is presented with fantastic execution of the former, and utilizes Royal Road's formatting system beautifully, giving immeasurable weight to (some) characters' words and abilities.
I am loath to spoil the contents of this book to any would-be readers, so I shall cut this review here(ish), but allow me to say this:
If you have not read ACCISMUS yet, read it.
If you have read it, read ITINERANT.
And if you have read both, welcome to the club.
1 And it's sequel, ITINERANT.
TheOG_BunnyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Accismus is a story of love, hate, heartbreak, power, and the impending doom of an all-out galactic war. We follow, principally, Kore and Jaheed, two characters alike in goal but disparate in their methods. The two face odds they could never imagine, and decisions never to be taken lightly. It's an all out nail-biter from start to finish whether our anti-heroes will prevail, or if everything will crash down around them. A definite 5/5 experience no one should skip lightly.
Mjolng's often action-packed style and consistent use of pacing makes for a ride that can't be forgotten. This style allows for few moments of down-time. Something is always happening somewhere, and you'll hear about it. Not to say, of course, that mystery isn’t still abounds. The unique methods of conveying information through the eyes of the characters and their interactions, we the reader often know only as much as who we follow. All the while we grasp at the shards left behind to try and hope, nay pray, for a different future; however, every twist and turn sets you back another moment until you are living the story along with our protagonists.
The writing itself is almost perfect. Mjolng seems to take great care in his words and editing, and it’s not often you catch a mistake. The prose flows cleanly, and the word-choice is immaculate, although never too academically so. There will be times, as an average reader, that you may have to search a word or two, but it’s rare that context doesn’t tell you all you need to know. Without spoiling why, there are also innumerous times where characters speak French. At most points, these bits of dialogue are also understood. I do have, um, a bias since I have been a major commenter on the accuracy of the French, so I only ask in your own reading you hold it against me and not Mjolng.
The story itself, as well, I would have to say is clean. Not in content, you understand, but in readability and flow. The story has it’s hands in the action, and they come bac