Anarcho: A Cyberpunk Fantasy

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Theeeey’ve done it again! Max and Staxx have just hit the Tower Plaaaza just minutes ago, breaking CEO Tanaka Koji’s safe and baling with what’s estimated to be at least two point three biiiiillion in cash—not to mention the prrrriceless personal relics worth at least a second veritable fortune on the blaaack maarkeeet!

Hooowwww do we know it was theeem? They left us clues! “Take it to the max” and “Staxx of cash” left behind, written atop a priceless Remvira painting in lipstiiiickfrom Koji’s bathroooom no doubt!

“I don’t know…” Tanaka says as he scratches his head in evident disbelief while he nurses a broken lip. “One moment I was looking over the quarterly reports and then next thing I know I’m—I’m face down—eating tile and forced by two men at knife and gunpoint to open my safe!”

It’s quiiiite a shocker for us over here, too! In case you don’t know, Tanaka Koji is the billionair heir and infamous playboy of the Tanaka Dynastyyy. They say his family’s worth at least four-hundred biiiillioooon and theyyy donnn’t skimp on SEEEECUUURITYYY!

Soooo….. what does daad think about allll this?

“I want them stopped!” Tanaka senior comments as he shakes a fist. “I am putting up a five-hundred million dollar reward for anyone who supplies information leading to the capture or death of those two thugs!”

Weeell, there you have it, folks! Straight from the uuunicorn’s mouth! Again! that’s a whopping five-hundred million dollar reward for any tips that lead to the capture or death of those pesky thieves, Maaax and Staaaaxx!

Any tips of information can be sent via public or in-home holo net devices by going to the page displayed—and don’t forget to—

Staxx shut off the holo screen. “May called. She wants us to do another job. Tonight.”

“You know we can’t. We got another one of our high and mighty overlords to visit at his luxury penthouse.”

“That’s what I told her, too.”

“Then stop yapping and let’s kick some ass!”

“You know, Max, for such a small guy, you’re really intense. Don’t you wanna have some fun?”

“Oh… we’re gonna have some fun, Staxx.We’re gonna have some fun...”

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: LambentTyto

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 54
Views: 47,030

Chapters(98 total)

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Community Reviews(3)

ArararaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It's like a buddy-cop movie. But instead of two cops fighting crooks and stopping crime, we follow two crooks fight cops and rob rich people. And they're not just any crooks: they're professionals. They do their job with passion, and try to have a good time while doing it!
Style: Standard 3rd person limited, past tense. Some chapters we primarily follow Max, others Staxx, and we see some of their thoughts. It works. The vibe I get is like watching cartoon batman, or a comic book. It's not overly serious. Lots of action, cool stuff, and one-liners.
Story: The story is set in a futuristic cyberpunk world. Our dynamic duo has contacts, information brokers, and is well equipped for their jobs. They go around and rob, infiltrate, or assassinate, rich corrupted CEOs. The pace is fast, like an action movie.
Grammar: It's fine. Simple, bare, and to the point. Solid, but not amazing. There's a couple mistakes and typos here and there, but the author is perfectly willing to fix them, when pointed out.
Character: They feel alive. Our main characters have their quirks, habits, and distinct ways of speaking, and acting. Max is more of a trickster and planner, while Staxx is the hacker and the muscle. Even side-characters like May and Yates felt pretty unique. But the guards are a bit NPC-ish, just there for target practice.
All in all, if you like cyberpunk, give this a try! It updates really often, even if the chapters are short.
Sum1whoismeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This has a mishmash of classic Sprawlian cyberpunk, with a touch of CD Project Red/Edgerunners. Reads to me reminiscent of pulp monthly sci-fi rags, quick, concise story arcs, lots of action and ridiculousness.
I guess that's style, and partially story - the story is fast-paced and includes world -building appropriately scattered through each arc.I guess that's style, and partially story - the story is fast-paced and includes world -building appropriately scattered through each arc. This is soft sci-fi, but in the best of ways and with the author clearly putting work in behind the scenes so things aren't all handwavy and "unobtanium", but based on some hard sci-fi that's just not expositioned.
Grammar got a 4.5 from me, needs a brief stint with an editor for the odd misspellings here and there. Grammatically, easy to read/accessible, without any heinous, hard to parse sentences that I've noticed. Could probably do with an editor as well but it never interrupted the story as occasionally happens for me on RR.
Characters start feeling very one-dimensional, but as the story moves on more growth occurs and additional characters are added. Really excited for at least the next 3 arcs based on these first 5, for the characters alone.
All-in-all, this is a solid story and should be included, perhaps immediately afterwards, amongst the greats on RR. Highly recommend taking this out for a spin, chooms!
BubblepunkRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
A classic cyberpunk setup with a neon dystopia where you will find a usual tropes of the genre. A good read, despite the simple yet effective prose. The characters are well done, with a good alchemy.
Cyberpunk is quite rare on RR, but if you're looking for a good webnovel to start with the genre, try this one.