Lever Action

Information

Status

Ongoing

Year

2021

Author

RavensDagger

• Interlewd
  Sep 8, 2021
• Chapter One - I Hate Goblins
  Mar 20, 2021
• Maps and Art
  Mar 20, 2021

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• ranaltorRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I had to read it on another site because on this site most of the book has been erased there's only like three chapters I don't know if that was on purpose or if something got messed up on Royal Road and nobody ever fixed it or what not because it's a good book and I was a little disappointed that it only had you know three chapters here and I had to go find it on some other website that was probably stolen
• BrightsRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  The main character is one Charlie Norwood, a lean mean gal with a rusty magitech mech, she has to survive a fantasy western and everything that goes with it, guntoting goblins with more respect for their ammo than her (which given the state of them is saying something). Elves, and mechs that are sometimes more scrap than machine. Will she make it? Let's wait and see.
• Pethrai DarkosRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  It's a classic western, set in a post-apocolyptic fantasy world, with giant robots and an elven prince named Clin of clan Teast'wood.
  There isn't much here yet but the action is on point, the snippets of worldbuilding that get sprinkled around make me want to know more, and it has so for avoided anything resembling an infodump.
• RKFRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I've read a few of RavensDagger's stories here on RR and they are usually fairly enjoyable, like Stray Cat Strut and Fluff. But this story? This was the one for me. A steampunk western where the progression is more about story than numbers, written in a voice that suited the setting very well.
  This story had a gritty, immersive feel and wasn't subject to the > Cuteness Overload < that RavensDagger's stories tend to go for. I enjoy cute stuff and tongue-in-cheek stories are usually a lot of fun, which is why I got sucked into Stray Cat Strut and Fluff in the first place, but there was something about this story that felt like it had more weight to it, like it was a deeper, more relatable part of the author that doesn't usually get expressed in his other stories, and I tremendously enjoyed that.
  The style, pacing, setting, characters, and speed of progress (or lack thereof) were all exactly what I was looking for and it's a damned shame the story stopped right when it was really getting rolling. I think this would make an excellent series and isn't full of the little things that I can get hung up on in some of RD's other works.
  Like I said, it's a damned shame the story stopped.
• TuringCompleteRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Overall: It's looking to be a fun story, with the polished writing and relatively light tone you would expect from one of Raven's (Cinamon Bun, Lovecrafted, Stray Cat Strut, Fluff, etc.) stories. If a story featuring magitech mechas mixed with a western sounds appealing, this story seems, thus-far, to deliver. I'm looking forward to future chapters. If you've enjoyed any of Raven's works (especially Stray Cat Strut), this is definitely worth a shot!
  Style: The story is written in actual first person—you can very much see the main character's personality in the way it's narrated. Something that particularly stood out to me as an example was "fist-sized hole through a plate of good steel as thick as your thumb was long". Obviously, this could be specified in centimeters or inches, but that's not how people talk, and you can definitely feel the rough western in the style.
  Grammar: This one is pretty self-explanatory. I've seen a typo here and there, but generally very good.
  Story: As I typically do, I'm considering world-building part of the story and so far it looks very interesting. As the author says, it's a "fantasy western", which in this case means mixing typical fantasy elements—goblins, elves, magic—with the rough frontiers of a western and magitech. I can't speak to how consistent or thought through it is yet, but it definitely has personality and I'm excited to learn more about the world and see where it goes. The tone feels pretty light so far and with Raven's history, I think it's a fairly safe assumption it'll stay that way—this isn't really a positive or negative in general, but might be one way or the other for some people. The actual story seems like a pretty straight forward "escort mission with detours", but it has direction and serves more as a backdrop for character interaction and adventure, it seems so far.
  Character: The characters are fun, engaging, and have continuous and identifiable personalities, so I'm not sure what else you can ask for. Th
• Vitaly S AlexiusRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I feel like I'm reading Tolkien, but thousands of years into the future of Middle earth where all the forests have perished and all the rivers have run dry and all the lakes evaporated due to magical global warming and or perhaps a magitech nuclear war!
  I love, love, love this series. It reminds me of one of my favourite anime series - desert punk!
  This story is something one could easily fall in love with because of its interesting, delightful catch - magical mechs.
  The world of Lever Action is a gargantuan desert without end, filled with dangers such as lurking goblins, heat and deadly storms.
  The intrepid protagonist of this novel Charlie is a girl operating a magical mech that she can synchronize with. She's been working with magitech machines since she was twelve.
  As always with Raven's works the spelling/grammar is superb, no complaints there. The style lends itself easy to get immersed in the world along with Charlie, experiencing the hardships of a wasteland desert with her.
  The book draws you right in with fun gunfighting action and escalates from there with even more gunfire, but now between magically powered machines. The magitech visuals of gunfight scenes are beautiful and the explanations of how it all works are logical. This is an exciting setting jump from other books of Ravensdagger into a world of apocalyptic steampunk magitech adventure. Check it out!
• Wind of the SkiesRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I love the story, i find the world intriguing, and i'm glad to see kobolds, albeit briefly, i just wish there was more of this to read! fantasy western is always something i love, and adding in mechs, especially ones with character just is icing on the cake, i don't have anything more to say really, maybe just asking for suggestions on similar stories?
• davinc1Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Western gunslinger, plus mecha, plus magic (not explained yet but there). Likeable characters, great world building, so far light and easy reading. Was thinking shades of The Gods are Bastards in terms of settings, but tone is much, much lighter.
  It's a satisfying binge read and turning into a buddy romp, well with one of the buddies being and elven prince and the other a bountyhunter cum bodyguard.
• domestosRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I do like a story that is not all action, and that takes time to build a sophisticated world and mutildimentional characters.
  Dont get me wrong the action is good, but the journey and the mechanics of trading with the nomads is great.
  good frequent updates. what more do you need.
  oh did i mention the mechs?
• MrDarkenraalRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I really enjoyed the setting and the story so far. The combination of magic and steampunk is definitely intriguing, and the characters are believable and well written.
  I really hope you'll write the second part soon. It will be a shame not ending this story, considering how good has been so far.