The Cost Of A Life: An Unhinged Sci-Fi Bounty Hunting Tale.

Self-Published

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Description

What to expect

*Tons of Sci-fi action

*Snarky characters and a humorous tone.

*The world's best/most terrifying alien pet.

*Well crafted universe with vast variety.

Humanity has just entered the galactic scene. Much to the chagrin of well, everyone else. The universe's first glimpses of us were of death and blood, the hungering predators hiding beyond the void.

After a disastrously violent first contact, humans have begun diplomatic endeavors on the far fringes of the galactic community. Alien governments have yet to decide if humanity is an existential threat that needs to be snuffed out. Or a potent new resource to be exploited. The bounty guilds however saw nothing but opportunity and potential, immediately moving to induct humans into the guild ranks.

Slev has sold himself to the mercy of one of the intergalactic bounty guilds. In order to be the first human bounty hunter on the intergalactic scene. Deeply in debt, and armed with little more than a very snarky suit of questionably legal, AI powered reaper armor. A handful of hand me down Terran weapons, and an air of mystery on his side.

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2023
Author: jollybane

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Rating: 4.7/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(10)

BlueCenturianRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
🤔 This story is about a lone wayward human Bounty hunter in the isolating expanse of space and his rise. While hunting bounty's, taking Assignments, and accepting the Job to end all Jobs. Along the way to assemble a crew not unlike Luffy of One Piece, Slev recruits, and builds himself a Family (of oddball aliens and loveable Monsters) and discovers his place in the ever chaotic and violent Univese. All while (very unlike One Piece) unaliveing his way to the top of the Reaper AI fatalities caused and deadliest being the Universe Charts.❤️
This is a MUST READ! TONS OF HUMOR, some Tongue & cheek, Some dark! Outlandish luck brought on by skill or just random acts of kindness between violent battles to retrieve a pet or get a slice of pie! Barley fiction as this is a perfect depiction of Humanity in space when interacting with alien lifeforms.
HatchetnifRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It's a sci-fi space bounty Hunter story but usually humans are the average species but in this story humans are newly discovered and they stand at the apex of smart creatures for physical strength and durability to the point that some species believe them to be a bioweapons made by the ancients which is an awesome premise and this guy I don't know what he was before he became a bounty hunter in space but he took advantage of that to do bounty work
Isekai4RelifeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Good story, bad grammar though. The occasional misplaced comma and odd capitalization kinda interrupts the flow. Still I look forward to what Slev can do. I appreciate a good HFY plot with good world building. I'm curious to see what develops with the Reaper AI. The draconic rival seems like more of a potential ally than an enemy, if it was for their apparently inherent antagonistic nature.
Mordecai25Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story is pretty damn good. Loving the essence of the indomnible human spirit here. The dynamic of the Bounty hunter team is hilarious and solid. Good world building and charecter dev. Solid story right here. I don't wanna write out 200 words. Ignore the rest
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Mr okRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I like sci-fi books, but there aren't that many sci-fi books that I like. This novel is exactly what I like to read. It has power armor, bio-weapons, rail guns, ect... If you like to read sci-fi books that have cool tech then this book is for you. This is a good book that I think all sci-fi enthusiasts should be aware of.
Warix VivianaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I've only read up to chapter five at this point but so far, it's been pretty good. Grammar and spacing could use some polish but it's not egregious or filled with spelling mistakes or anything like that. Author just needs to learn more about commas, when to capitalize words, and how to fix cut short sentences lol.
The story follows a human bounty hunter kicking ass in space, while doing his best to earn enough money to eat. Pretty good formula, very cyberpunky feel (in measures of dystopia/crime).
Not a lot more to say so far. Otto's great and the murder happy AI is cool. The main character is pretty blase but seems to mostly be a good guy so far. Dude's just trying to get by and greatly enjoy himself while doing so.
score1987Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A fun story about an insane mass murderer that has a little too much fun killing things, and his found furry food giver. There's also a human bounty hunter that does stuff.
Jokes aside, this is a great HFY story that is fun to read. While a few grammar and spelling mistakes may be present it doesn't happen enough to be annoying.
zanekoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I've really been enjoying the story. Slev is a good main character, but it's the dynamic between him and his homicidal AI that really elevate the story. It's also an interesting take that I haven't really seen before were humans are considered a dangerous species compared to the other species in the galaxy.
The grammar/punctuation could use a little work in some places, but it's not enough to really detract from my enjoyment of the plot.
OblivianetteRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Great pacing, great storyline! Only nitpicking problems are grammatical and formatting. I found this story originally on Reddit, but I am glad to find it here too. Hope the author continues, it's such an underrated story. I love the descriptions of the worlds and the characters. I could do with more clarity in some of the places or situations, but it really is better than most I have seen here so far.
ScramsaxRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This has been an entertaining guilty pleasure to date. I hope for the main characters sake that this story universe doesn’t have as capable lawyers as it does highly destructive mercenaries/bounty hunters.
The property damage is hilarious 🤣 already. Add lawyers and it’d be totally cracked.
So far this story rates a 4-4.5 across the board imo.