Chosen Shackles
Self-Published
Community Rating
Description
The future came in devastation, but we bury it in the lights now, to forget. It was better once, they tell us not to say. Now, at the end of our century, we’ve rebuilt. The city neon glows brighter and casts a shadow deeper on the world.
This is just the beginning.
In the Pacific Megalopolis, a sickness is taking roots in the city’s guts. Dead angels are raising dark choirs to sooth our nightmares. They speak of a prophecy as old Patriots plan war. And Frode, a young sheep, can’t sleep. Even in dreams, there’s no rest no more, for a hungry God is waking up.
The screen is running static. Face your shadow.
Information
- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2018
- Author
- Shaeor
Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 4.5/ 5.0
- Followers
- 56
- Views
- 42,187
Chapters(50 total)
- >K31[dark_legion]Sep 8, 2018
- >J30[blackout_zone]Sep 5, 2018
- >J29[better_luck]Sep 3, 2018
- >J28[mediocre_ideas]Aug 23, 2018
- >I27[last_ride]Aug 21, 2018
- >I26[cold_steel]Aug 18, 2018
- >I25[ghostly_ideas]Aug 16, 2018
- >H23[shining_eyes]Aug 16, 2018
- >H22[lonely_bread]Aug 14, 2018
- >H21[furthest_place]Aug 13, 2018
- >G20[fallen_construct]Aug 11, 2018
- >G19[better_person]Aug 9, 2018
- >G18[accomplish_mission]Aug 6, 2018
- >F17[yes_hate]Aug 6, 2018
- >F16[salty_rain]Aug 6, 2018
- >E15[friendly_girl]Aug 2, 2018
- >E14[fresh_baked]Aug 1, 2018
- >E13[just_breathe]Jul 31, 2018
- >D12[uglier_thoughts]Jul 29, 2018
- >D11[unknown_unknowns]Jul 28, 2018
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Community Reviews(3)
- AdmiralmonkeymanRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5Best read at 4 a.m with a 90¢ cup o' noodles in hand. Overall score, 4.7/5.
Reading chosen shackles has been a trip for me, starting off with the benign task of finding a running noodle vendor, to slowly building up the suspense and rot lurking beneath the city.
chosen shackles biggest quality is in its aesthetics and characters, the way that the protagonist interacts with the world improves upon its immersion tenfold.
The antagonist's of this world take their merry time to show, leaving Frode to wander the city in more realistic pursuits, rather than saving the world.
But this story isn't all about Frode, the supporting characters all feel three dimensional, with their own desires, motives, and emotions without being pulled along by the protagonist, unlike some other serials.
The biggest hurdle to go around is in Chosen shackles pacing. Although the story is top notch in building suspense and tension, Chosen shackles doesn't force feed you what happened in between chapters like other serials. instead, it leaves you to tie some of the links yourself. I would say that this is neither good nor bad, but could be confusing for some readers.
I think Chosen shackle's smaller chapters actually work in its favor. It leaves every entry into small, bite-sized bits of story and aesthetic. Making it perfect for reading between shifts at work or whatever break you may have.
In conclusion, Chosen shackles is one of the best Cyberpunk serials out there, and does its setting perfectly. It well deserves its high ratings, and it's characters that make the setting feel so like so much more, having these people written in such a realistic and meaningful way, then putting them in this living nightmare of a city brings you so much deeper in.
Shaeor has hooked me once again, good work, man. - SovereignofAshesRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5First Impressions: Imagine yourself crawling through the streets of Shinjuku City at three in the morning. It’s raining cats and dogs, you’ve been cooped up in a coffin apartment for two days watching the likes of Blade Runner, Mute, Altered Carbon, Johnny Mnemonic, and Dark City. You have your music player blaring a selection of vaporwave and retrosynth as you emerge bleary-eyed and hungry into the shining neon lights of a city that never sleeps. Your brain is rattled, there might be some kind of designer drug still in your system, and all you want more than anything is a bowl filled with spicy ramen. Welcome to the surrealist cyberpunk world of Chosen Shackles.
The first thing you’ll notice about this fiction is the care and style that the author has built with their site. You’ll feel like you just loaded yourself into some neo-80’s darkweb site that may or may not be trying to devour your soul while selling you a bag of super-flavored, energy-upping NERPS. Stylish ‘easter eggs’ are hidden around, yet not entirely obtuse. The atmosphere that is built fits perfectly with the atmosphere of the story. You’ll find yourself wonderfully lost on this site for hours reading the story, checking out the artwork, and wanting more of this world. Just don’t try to debug the errors. You might find yourself on the other end of the Red Door.
Content: Prepare to be booted up into the consciousness of a man named Frode. He’s not a forgiving host, but he’ll grow on you like a self-replicating bio-augment. You’ll be plunged headlong into his life seeing what he sees, feeling what he feels, and getting to know this expertly crafted world the author has conjured up. You’ll get to meet other characters and learn some dark secrets along your journey.
The story is written exclusively in the first-person immediate. The narrative runs fast and clean, with chapters of normal length. You’ll find yourself being pulled into the scenes happening to the protagonist and wanting more. The chapter t - Blue HeartstoneRoyal Road★★★ 3.0Rated as 3 out of 5
Reason: The plot is interesting but somehow the thrill looks decent and normal. I read a lot of different fiction but this one doesnt amuse me so much. I love the story output but there are several types I want to see in this series but failed to do show up.
I just hope the author pictured something different and not a generic shows inside the field.
I will definitely change my review until he finally realize his puzzled mistake.
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