Long War

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Christopher Hall's life was utterly uneventful - until one day he suddenly found himself in the far future. One in which Mankind spread among the stars... and is fighting a centuries long war against its own nature.Now something claiming to be an angel has given him a mission. If he fails, disaster will befall Mankind. If he succeeds, he can get his old life back. Unfortunately, telling Christopher what exactly he is supposed to do wasn't a part of the plan.Join him as he figures out figure out how to survive in a universe where Mankind branched out into dozens of religions, ideologies and biologies, all at war with each other. Universe as familiar as it is foreign - and as dangerous as it is vast.

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Mirrond

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Rating: 4.7/ 5.0
Followers: 552
Views: 174,643

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Community Reviews(10)

yuplustRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
it was worth the wait though i think the author cares to much about having a negative rating.his story is better than most of the sh*t i have seen here and the genre although futuristic feels particularly realistic to not be seem as bulls**t.
i like how the story maintains a balance between several elements and i hope they succeed in keeping it.
didsvaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This seems to be a good story. Because it comes from a writer and world builder with a passion for the things that he is doing. Which I would know because I followed him for quite now, and this is just one of his projectes can't wait for his other works
ezkoprzemekRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love the openning, and have high hopes for the rest of tale, so far great read.
AnD I think this is it, and requiring 50 words of reviev is, and always will be utterly absurd, and thus I will add this nece csar ly long senten ce with spaces in between the long words to fulfill this op re ssive limit made up against short sentece creators. Amen
oVexlzRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Just picked up and binged up to date, I love HFY and SCP style content so this is great, plus it has just the right amount of insanity mixed in, which always makes stuff better.
Im interested to see how it develops because it could go a lot of directions right now. Hopefully the author has a concrete plan for everything from here!
oldroadkillRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
An overall good read for the more grim dark sci fi fans out there. It does suffer the occasional grammatical/spelling error and pacing can be a little wonky at times. That being said I found the universe and especially the political ramifications of technology fascinating and the characters introduced to be more than the cardboard cutouts that infest RR. Definitely 9/10 would recommend.
yggdrasil_dreamerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A nice view of a possible future of mankind. Far more believable than most I have ever read.
I like the group of misfits coming from various different worlds and flavors of humans. It reminds me of Futurama and Farscape. The political and military context feels like a hard sci-fi version of the Honor Harrington universe (or a lot of other stories with 2 great powers in a cold war). Bonus points for hinting to others Entities existing outside and inside of the two powers. Good complexity level, it makes for a more realistic and natural feeling setting.
The way we discover the future of mankind from the perspective of a 21th century man is truly efficient. Certainly not original, but it works very well. He is kept in the dark about some important facts. And get an outsider perspective on traumatic historical events. But it also always remains light and fun.
And the viewpoints of the leadership of the spaceship help to paint a greater vision of the events.
Nothing special to say about the writing, grammar or orthograph. It means that it must be good, without shocking mistakes or repeating errors. Probably not perfect but far above 99% of the stories on RR.
All that makes it far better than a lot of stories I have read that almost always had an unbelievably hyper competent captain reverse all by himself an interstellar war. (It was fun, the 10 first times.)
As far as I can tell from all the chapters so far, it also doesn't seem like a universe that the writer made only to replicate naval battles in the future.
A little unsure of the 'angels' part, but it makes a great mystery. I just hope that the final explanation will be consistent and interesting.
So, Writer, we need more, a lot more :)
AzlynFaeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story has improved so much since the last time I looked it over and read parts of it. Definitely give it a go-it's unlike a lot of fiction out there, but that's what makes it unique. Even if it seems like it's not your type of fiction, give it a try. You might be surprised!
Christopher WoodsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Overall: the story is honestly fantastic. It does require a whole bunch of lore to understand the story, but that's what the Encyclopedia Galactica is for at the beginning of each chapter. It's clear that the scope of the conflict is huge, but I appreciate focusing on only one specific group of people, rather than having a dozen different main characters in a dozen different places.
Style: The style matches the content fairly well. It does feel like the way people interact hasn't changed much in the past seven hundred years, but that is somewhat addressed, and so not a major problem.
Grammar: The grammar isn't always the best, but it's a heck of a lot better than the first draft, trust me. If you're not terribly picky, you'll barely notice.
Story: I think the story has a good pace, balancing action with days-in-the-life, which I really appreciate. It gives us a feeling for who the characters are. And speaking of which...
Character: The characters are always the part of the story which make it or break it for me. And here, they definitely make it. There is a large cast, but each character has a detailed backstory, which gives them much more believability. They feel very real, and I would be happy to spend my time with them.
CynizeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I absolutely love this story. The characters are vibrant, the world is so freaking rich, and story is just filled with ooo's and aahh's.
It is like symphony in space... like... like a space opera!! hmm I wonder if that is where it is from.
Anyways, the adventures in a futuristic time, in a filled to the brim universe, are so much fun to read about. You laugh, you cry, and you try to reveal the secrets of the cosmos on every turn!
So good. :)
NightwinderRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Disclaimer: I don't really write reviews, but I've got enough faith in this work and it's apparent ability to fly below the radar that I'm taking a stab at it anyway.
The Long War is a rarity on Royal Road: it's in space!
But more seriously, Mirrond has done a fantastic job of blending hard & soft science in what I could happily describe to the tabletop RPG inclined as Traveller Cthulhu. (Or Space SCP for you folk who spend way too much time on the weird web)
Doing my best to avoid spoilers, the plot follows a man from the present day who gets unceremoniously thrown into the future by an extradimensional alien entity and shenanigans ensue.
The first book (complete as at the time of this review) sets the stage for whatever n-dimensional games are being played by incomprehensible entities with us pathetic mortals.
The crew of the EGS Echo (the ship our poor MC ends up on) are a ragtag bunch of hyper-competent misfits whose excellence is noted in-universe, but for the most part are not the baddest of the bad. For the crew new to the bullshit occurring around them, Mirrond partially explores how they manage the changes, but for the most part that kind of deep dive into the psyche of the characters falls outside the scope of this sort of novel.
The writing itself is well structured, with chapters beginning with a snippet of information about the universe and its history before the chapter itself. Spelling and grammar are good enough that I haven't noticed any major errors, although I'm sure a professional could.