Mistrunner (BOOK THREE STUBBING JULY 23)

Information

Status

Ongoing

Year

2022

Author

nrsearcy

• PATH OF DRAGONS LAUNCH DAY!
  May 6, 2025
• 4-3. Three Choices
  Dec 9, 2023
• 4-2. A Few Months Later
  Dec 6, 2023
• 4-1. An End's Beginning
  Dec 3, 2023
• 3-3. Trust
  Aug 2, 2023
• 3-2. The Offer
  Jul 30, 2023
• 3-1. Three Years Later
  Jul 29, 2023
• Mistrunner 2 Available on Kindle, KU, and Audible (starting January 23, 2024)!
  Feb 25, 2023
• 2-3. A Long Road
  Feb 22, 2023
• 2-2. Disappointment
  Feb 19, 2023
• 2-1. Cleaning Up
  Feb 18, 2023
• Continue Reading Book One on Amazon and Audible
  Nov 2, 2022
• 3. Lessons Learned
  Nov 2, 2022
• 2. Back to Reality
  Nov 2, 2022
• 1. A Worthy Pursuit
  Nov 1, 2022

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• RabidsRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Tl;dr: Read this story. You won't regret it.
  This is a book about Mira, who grows up as the niece and last family memeber of the MC of another post-apocalyptic system novel, Jeremiah. He has already gone through all the revenge, all the trying-to-save-humanity, becoming OP but not managing to make a difference for people and amassing political and financial wealth. You know, all the stuff in a system world. (I wouldn't mind reading that story too). He wants to make her a survivor, and the way to do that is to make her the biggest baddest warrior around.
  Style: The style is excellent. The only reason I am not giving it full score is because of the status updates. If they are a part of the story, we should be able to see the status whenever there are significant changes. As it is now, a lot of time and action goes by without the status updates. When it finally comes, it feels like a lot of the progress has been skipped. Maybe the author is trying to make everyone happy, both the ones who hate status windows and the ones who loves numbers that go up. I like them numbers. Other then that the style is great. Easy to read, stays on point and there is no other viewpoint then the MC's. Besides the quotes from Jeremiah at the start of every chapter, which adds valuable snippets from his story without distracting from Miras journey.
  Grammar: I think the grammar is really good. There are a couple of small mistakes here and there that I only know about because I read the comments. But then english is my third language so I am not an authority on grammar.
  Story: I really like the story. There are still big things I don't know about the world, but I learn new things all the time and it has never felt forced. Everything feels believable and I find myself thinking about this story when I am doing other things. Compelling me to just read one more chapter.
  Characters: Everyone feels like a person. They have their own motivations and inner life, that we only get a glimpse of through M
• PlumParrotRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I'm a big cyberpunk fan, and I'm always interested to see how an author that writes LitRPG will integrate the idea into a SF-type setting. I think nrsearcy has done a really good job of it with the clever use of the "mist" and the way it integrates skill systems with tech.
  The hints of the cyberpunk world are there, and what we get is really well done, I'm just hoping for more down the road. I'd like to see our MC develop some larger goals that are more sympathetic to us readers. I feel like it's being hinted at and that this will flesh out as the story progresses.
  I was pleased to see the story in first person - I know it's not uncommon, but I haven't read that POV in a while, and I think it makes the combat and urgency feel more immediate. This is largely due to the cleverly written prose, with solid pacing and shifts in tone.
  It's difficult to write a solid, round character - someone who needs growth but isn't so bad or annoying that it turns readers away. I think the author has done a good job in that department. The MC is entitled and lacks larger vision, but seems to be learning and isn't unlikeable enough that we don't want to see her grow.
  As far as technicals go, the spelling, grammar, etc., are all good. Some minor issues here and there, like the wrong type of dash being used, but nothing that would make it hard to read or understand.
  I was really impressed and am looking forward to reading more!
• SqueeWritesRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Mistrunner has a great setting with an interesting setup. The MC is a young sheltered teen who's struggling to find her place in the world. The story finds her trying to come into her own and come to terms with the remnants of her family.
  The LitRPG aspect is choice light, but the setting and "cool" factor more than makes up for it for me. If you like Cyberpunk, this is a must read for me!
• dewsta146Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Enjoying this story quite a bit. A darker take on how people would behave in a world with a system. The author doesn't shy away from death. People who'd prefer a lighthearted story may not enjoy this. No more major logical contradictions that I've found in this story relative to other high rated stories.
  A+!
• KedaveraRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I read this series in kindle and flipped through to pop in a review here! While waiting on other books to update I selected this one randomly and consumed it all.
  I really loved the characters and the world. This is not normally a genre I pick up, and I was thoroughly surprised by the unique details and clean writing!
• Merritt Weber (Doom)Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Great story so far. Great cyberpunk post-system apocalypse mashup setting. The characterization is spot on. The MC is just annoying enough that we know for a fact that she's a sheltered, naive teenager, but not so annoying or over the top that it makes me dislike her.
  The implant/cybernetics/skill system is pretty cool, at least for how much we've seen of it in the story so far. Of the few real cyberpunk stories on this site, this is high up in my list for quality and consistency and carries a high level of polish overall.
  If you're into sci-fi/cyberpunk, give it a try.
• Mister BillRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Definitely worth reading as it's really good. Basically no grammar errors, lots of good action, reasonable characters, fun worldbuilding, the whole lot. Flows well, chapters getting out on time, what more could you want?
  Give it a shot if you like good stories! Because this one will be trending before we know it.
• WarwalkerRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  After reading Cyber Dreams and Ghost here on Royalroad I got fixed on Cyperpunk stories. Mistrunner all's right into this section and even has Litrpg elements.
  The story is well written and I don't see any apparent mistakes. The flow is good, and chapters are long.
  The Game elements come after a short introduction to the world and integrate into the story seamlessly.
  As of now there is no real comparison of the protagonist stats to other people. So I am intrigued to read further and see how strong she really is and what she can do.
• ObbuRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  With only 17 chapters out at the time of this review, it's a little difficult to rate the series in too much detail: but what is present thus far is pretty enjoyable!
  The cyberpunk-styled world in Mistrunner has passed through a LitRPG system-initialization of sorts, but many of humanity's survivors have done so by sheltering in megacities, rather than standing on their own two feet. The protagonist is roped into trying to rise above this existence, by her uncle.
  Training ensues.
  So far, I'm definitely enjoying the writing - the relationship between the protagonist and her uncle feels really solidly grounded, and the dialogue is clear and well put together.
  The action is likewise clearly written with decent tension, without being bogged down in blow-by-blows, and the world-building has an overall sensation of an iceberg, where we see only a portion of that which is hinted at (big fan of this approach).
  If I had to critique one aspect, it's a bit stat-fixated for my liking. While the statblocks are, of course skippable, there's a fair number of them, and they're on the hefty side.
  But overall, for something that's just out of the gate, this one's hitting the ground running, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes next.
• storybookknightRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  There's a lot to like about Mistrunner's setting. The use of nanotechnology to blend cyberpunk and LitRPG trends is clever, and the addition of sinister alien overlords to the typical corporate plutocracy helps rationalize a lot of the other setting details - most of which I find quite interesting. The sharp contrast between the sterile megacities and the brutally hostile wilds is innovative, decently well executed... but unfortunately, despite how deeply thought-out the setting is, the actual narrative has some problems.
  The protagonist of this story, Mirabelle, is a fairly sympathetic narrator, reasonably well developed (although I found a lot of her motivations and emotions somewhat ... inconsistent), but as a protagonist in general and a cyberpunk protagonist in particular, she has committed a cardinal sin: she is someone who events happen to.
  Mirabelle, or Mira as she calls herself, has no friends. The only person who matters to her at all, one way or another, is her uncle - a survivor from the pre-nanotech days, a gang leader, someone who has kept her in an ivory tower most of her life. So far, so good, if you're setting up a family drama, but while initial hints are made in that direction, further chapters prove out that's not the case.
  Mira also has no enemies. She crossed some criminals, but her uncle shot them all, so everything is fine. She also doesn't want her planet taken over by aliens, but that's her uncles goal, that she's inherited, and doesn't seem to feel terribly strongly about. This is somewhat more concerning.
  Mira has no goals, other than the ones her uncle proscribes. She leaves the city she's familiar with and heads out into the dangerous wilds, because her uncle tells her it's necessary. She helps deliver supplies to an outpost her uncle feels deeply about. She does the training her uncle tells her, mostly without complaint. At this point, I started wondering... why is she the protagonist of this story?
  Yes, Mira has superpowers - an incre