Edge Cases [STUBBED/COMPLETE/BONUSES]

Information

Status

Ongoing

Year

2022

Author

SilverLinings

• Series Fully Released + Bonus Scene
  Nov 14, 2024
• Afterword (and Book 3 stub date)
  Jul 2, 2024
• 198 - Book 4, Chapter 1 - A Tale Long Past
  Jul 11, 2023
• 136 - Book 3, Chapter 1 - A Thousand(ish) Years Ago
  Dec 28, 2022
• 64 - Book 2, Chapter 1 - Road to Elyra
  Jul 13, 2022
• Chapter 1 - Setting Off
  Mar 26, 2022

What readers say about Edge Cases [STUBBED/COMPLETE/BONUSES]

• “Four characters, each with a class or skill that is wildly abusable under the System that is everpresent, and the system doesnt know how to handle that. What differentiates this System from the System of other stories is that it is not nearly perfect. While…”

  Homeless_OneRoyal Road5.0 / 5

• “TL;DR : I waited far too long to read this, and I wish I started sooner. I'm already hooked 7 chapters in, and it's just an absolute blast to read. The characters are vivid, dialogue and thoughts flow beautifully, and the plot does not dissappoint. Style :…”

  1Royal Road5.0 / 5

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• Homeless_OneRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Four characters, each with a class or skill that is wildly abusable under the System that is everpresent, and the system doesnt know how to handle that. What differentiates this System from the System of other stories is that it is not nearly perfect. While incredibly powerful, there are definite signs that the system has edges that fray. Such as when an immovable skill meets an unstoppable one kinda thing. it just so happens that a party of broken skills tend to compound the Errors quite rapidly to the point that all bets are off on what happens next. Each character has their own secrets and story to tell, and i love what the Author has done so far. No Character feels one dimensional, and the worldbuilding feels very natural and well done. any info dumps are tastefully done and make sense in the context of whatever chapter they're in. Definitely Must read.
• 1Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  TL;DR : I waited far too long to read this, and I wish I started sooner. I'm already hooked 7 chapters in, and it's just an absolute blast to read. The characters are vivid, dialogue and thoughts flow beautifully, and the plot does not dissappoint.
  Style : The writing style conveys the exact right amount of tension and uncertainity while also not leaving the reader starved of information. Specifically, the fight scenes are written extremely well; they are woven together with complexity, yet are perfectly clear to understand.
  Story : The premise is introduced mid scene, but at the start of the story. It's a unique beginning, but pulled off masterfully. Plot development is intriguing, with much is left unknown. The vague hints so far are chillingly ominous, and motivate me to continue reading above anything else.
  Grammer : I noticed no grammatical or technical issues, and don't have complaints in this aspect.
  Character(s) : The characters are all unique and fleshed out, they don't feel contrived in the least. Stories with multiple main characters are hit or miss, but considering the depth of each, I'm highly optimistic.
  Overall : There is no major issue with the story, it's just an extremely well written LitRPG. Unless you absolutely loathe the genre, this book will stun you. It feels much more like a professional story I would find at a bookstore than a web serial.
• ArararaRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This is quite amazing. One of the most fun LitRPGs on the site, and unique to boot. It's gonna explode in popularity, 100%.
  Contrary to what I'm used to, we don't follow a protagonist from Level 1, but meet them when they're already decently strong (at the pinnacle of a Bronze Tier Party, close to breaking through to Silver.) What makes them special are their rare/unique [Classes], which are capable of causing some serious mayhem when combined together. Exploit-levels of mayhem, which gets them in trouble with the [System]. The synergies are so cool.
  Seriously, give it a shot. It's explosive, the writing is 10/10 quality, the chapters are long, the characterization is deep  and it's great fun. Also, later on things slightly calm down, and we get some more "slice-of-life"-like party dynamics, chilling and hanging out. (I slightly preferred the fight for their lives).
  Edit: things are picking up speed again! Great
  Style score: 5/5
  Third person past tense, the classic of Royalroad. POVs often switch between chapters, so we get the chance to see the thoughts and feelings of various characters, not just Donovan. The story wouldn't really work without that, and I like it, even if I'm not usually a fan of multi-POV. As for the actual style, it's great!
  Story score: 5/5
  I love the world, the perfect amount of necessary worldbuilding, and I love what's been happening up until now. Things are happening, and it's really entertaining. You never know what's going to happen next, it has a way of surprising the reader, and being super creative. There's also waves of things happening all at once, and the party recovering, and just chilling around, hanging out. Overall awesome.
  Grammar score: 5/5
  Up there with the best on the website. The prose is great, there are no mistakes, and the english is at a good level. I love the writing!
  Character score: 5/5
  This part the story likes to focus on a lot, but I think is maybe slightly weaker than the other categories? I would still rate it a
• BlessingOfNoOneRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This is a story. A story about people, about ideas, about a System.
  An adventure, as many others are.
  This is a story. But it's also something else.
  This was a journey.
  A long journey, lasting years.
  I did not love every second of it.
  I'd do it all over again.
• AvitueRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I don't review often, and I definitely ain't the biggest LitRPG fan around, but Edge Cases definitely caught my eyes. The handling of "rare" classes was done particularly well, and the amount of messing around with the system was just delightful.
  I would recommend this to any LitRPG reader out there, period.
• Devilsoul6802Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This story is well written, and emerses you into the world, the characters and plot are well thought out, and the way in which the banter between the characters gets a chuckle out of me. I really enjoy this spin on a litRPG, this story will captivate you and root for the main characters.
• ErdosRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Awesome title and cover, a blurb that explains where it comes from as well as where it's going. This series teaches a masterclass on how to hit the ground running. One month of daily chapter releases in the most popular genre category. The synopsis written with the site's power-readers in mind, promising a fresh take on the familiar.
  Now, enough meta-discussion. Start with the review already.
  This LitRPG displays an awareness of genre-tropes without falling to them. And without (completely) subverting them, really. At. The. Same. Time. Normally such awareness takes the reader (me) out of a book entirely, making it a slog to read. Not here.
  We're dropped right in the middle of such a story, the four main characters established well enough by the end of the first chapter, and well-established a few chapters in. The fluent style of narration doesn't confine itself to singular points of view, which helps bring the group of protagonists alive. They come with their own personalities and back-story. Each of the four gets to be interesting.
  This is not a slow start. And not going into spoilers or anything, but the premise set in the synopsis doesn't take its time either.
  In the synopsis the author states his intention to “attempt to take the LitRPG genre [somewhere]”, and I'd say he succeeds in that. In playing around with the concepts of the genre, we're shown their limitations as well as some interesting possibilities.
  The story is close to what is common for the genre, yet so, *so*, far from standard. Like the usual story of this kind it basically is what happens when a DnD-group keeps rolling natural 20s. Unlike the usual, things break.
  System worlds are broken, as a concept. I think that point comes across quite clearly.
  The text is easy to read, the density of information it holds worked in very well. The grammar is good. Typos get corrected, overall no issues.
  World and characters are knit together superbly well and within the reader's expectations. Setting and descr
• BFDynamoRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Starts off with somewhat experienced characters and gets right into the action. As the story progresses the main characters' motivations and backstories are revealed, largely through their interactions with each other and with other characters in the world. Main and secondary characters are clearly distinct with unique personalities and manners of expressing themselves, and the author has done this well enough that you can identify which character is active based on what they are saying or doing.
  What really sets this book apart is the characters' investigation into what is going on with their world. This sets up a nice opportunity for the reader to speculate about what is going on as the investigators uncover more clues, with a big payoff towards the end of the first book. I'm really looking forward to seeing where the story goes from here!
• GlassTomeRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I'm writing this review after finishing the first "book" just sayin'.
  The first thing I look for in a story is whether or not I've walked into a scene.  Whether the people and places actually have a feel of their own or if I'm looking at somebody's mastery over at thesaurus on their quest to a word count goal.
  I like these characters. The minor enchantment on mugs to keep them from spilling in a tavern in a magic Rich world is so sensible and well worked into even just the introduction that I felt comfortable imagining this is a place and people instead of a setting and characters.
  I love that characters willing to risk their lives like so many other action heroes are just as willing to take the time to make themselves understood to people they care about. There are way too many movies and stories where the pain and trials are self-inflicted and I feel like there's enough challenge in the world already.
  We have monsters and dungeons and intrigue. Personal goals. There is enough antagonism in the world for all the story purposes a person could ask for without dropping poorly handled interpersonal relationships on top of it
  It feels so good to have heroes who look at each other and say I would risk my life for you so obviously I will tell you if there is a dramatic personal transition instead of disappearing in the middle of the night "for your sake"
  I have to go off alone "for your sake"
  Finally. A team of friends in a well-written world that act like those friends you take to the bar when you're having a bad day so you can sit in their company and know you are not alone
  Well done, Silverlining, well done
• JWoodrellRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I really like how the story has played out so far, the MC are overpowered but it hasn't turned into a power scaling out of control issue so its being handled well, the characters are interesting in how they think and approach things, althought the center of the story has kind of been the living armor so far, but thats ok, its an interesting point of view.