steampunk

Used as a sacrifice by his own parents to save his twin brother, Ezra Ashenlocke awakens to a nightmare known as the Trial of Steel. A child-soldier operation that started with one command. “Assemble your guns. Kill or be killed.” He realizes this is no test. . . It’s a massacre. But unlike the others, Ezra gains the ability to see fragments of memories from a life lived in another world. The life of a weapons engineer, a hardened soldier who spent years designing tools of war in a different world from his. Those memories—the only path for his new body to turn from prey into predator. Now, Ezra must use everything he has learned, and everything he will learn to survive the trial and the dangers waiting far beyond it. In the land known as the Country of Alchemy, Britannia he begins his path to master the art of Gun Alchemy.

In the slums beneath Veston, Kael fled before his mother's body grew cold. No sun. No flowers. No hope. No dreams. Winter and gang lords buried them all. "Pray to the gods and endure for a better tomorrow," his mom said. Why would he pray to the same gods who denied him peace? Who thrust him into this nightmare? No, he'd carve a way to Veston with his own hands, and it started by breaking his promise to his mother for survival. But the job for gang lord Garrick Vane went wrong. He was left for dead with nothing but a ledger salvaged from a submerged temple. But he refused death. "I persist." Two words that awakened a forbidden power, an unlicensed truth anchored to belief and paid for in the warmth of his most precious memories. Now a heretic hunted by priests who burn the unfaithful, Kael discovered the ledger tracked everything: his stress, his anchor, the price he had already paid. Every choice stresses his truth. And if his anchor breaks, he wouldn't just die: he'd become something worse. **** Discord server: https://discord.gg/ubzzKM5wfp If you're enjoying the story and want to keep it free, please read it here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/155290/the-crack-in-heaven-a-litrpg-progression-fantasy Don't forget to hit follow and comment there as well to make the algorithm notice your investment in Kael's story. 

In a world that has ceased to turn—where the sun’s rays carry a lethal curse and the cold machines of Peterumman steal childhoods to forge them into weapons—Unit 009 is born. With no names and no memories, only a metal label etched into their wrists, Nugia and his comrades must survive the brutality of Instructor Varkas and the dark ambitions of Lord Vier. Amidst the clanging of steel and the hum of mana circuits, they seek a long-lost harmony in the 'Symphony of the Still Earth.' Can humanity truly bloom in a soil that has already died?

Enter into the mind of Klaus Arnberg - a survivor of WWI that tries to survive in the wilderness of central Europe. Finding unlikely friends and finding out that the world is more than meets the eye. Klaus will be burdened with a strange power from his nordic background that will change the course of his life and history as he will settle in the Kingdom of Romania... What you might not know is that the discovery of a strange substance puts Romania on the map as history changes in an unlikely way and again Klaus is at the center of it as the lead inventor. He will have to contend with the morality of his inventions as he will be tasked not only with the development of the country but also for the building of weaponry using this new subtance. Embark on a journey where both the old gods and the new meet to shape the future of our world... You will witness klaus from two points of view - from his and from the person that loves him - Victoria. She will witness his actions in admiration, fear and anger as she tries to get close to the man that will change the world and changes herself.

Caleb gets dropped straight into Stillwater Prison at the start of Arcane, and his first move is cutting a deal with Vi to get out alive. Once his system finally kicks in, he’s handed Hextech and alchemy knowledge—and an insane mission: stop Piltover and Zaun from going to war, and somehow make the two cities equal. What starts as a prison-break-style Arcane fix-it quickly turns into a much bigger Runeterra adventure, as Caleb goes from random inmate to Zaun’s city lord and gets dragged into Black Mist disasters, Shurima messes, Kai’Sa, Targon, Shadow Isles, and eventually Void-level chaos.

In the vertical, steam-driven metropolis of the Spire, reality is not a physical certainty—it is a digital ledger maintained by the elite Scripters. The city is divided by gravity and class: the gleaming High Spire hoards "Conductance" (pure energy), while the decaying Lower District survives on the thermal scraps, governed by the rhythmic "Shift" of massive, grinding gears. ​The story follows Alok, a cynical scavenger with a knack for "tuning" salvaged tech, and Arya, a brilliant but defensive mechanic. Their lives fracture when a Dead Spot—a localized void of absolute zero—begins "digesting" their neighborhood. When Alok’s friend Kael is consumed by the void, Alok discovers he can bridge the gap between energy and nothingness, resulting in a permanent, matte-grey "scar" on his arm that acts as a manual interface with the city’s code. ​As the Spire initiates "Abrasive Venting"—a genocidal protocol to purge the Lower District to stabilize the upper reaches—Alok, Arya, and a disgraced Scripter named Julian subvert the city’s physics. Through a desperate act of "Inversion," they flip the gravity of their district, turning the slums into the roof of the world and crashing into the Spire’s forbidden Core. ​Now inside the machine, they must face Master Kaelen and the Recursive Echoes of the city's founders to rewrite the Ledger before the "Gleam-Sweep" erases their existence entirely. Alok is no longer just a scavenger; he is becoming a living virus in the system, the only thing standing between ten thousand souls and a "Hard Reboot" of reality.

In a city where time no longer flows… it watches. Kairen Azeil awakens with no past, only a broken pocket watch ticking against reality itself. As clocks begin to reverse and shadows whisper forgotten moments, he is drawn into a hidden war between cults, each seeking control over time’s fractured core. At the center of it all stands Safaa—a girl bound to a destiny she never chose, and the key to awakening the Watchmaker. But time is not a tool. It is a god. And every second Kairen steals… something else is taken in return. In a world of gears, fate, and silent horrors— will he rewrite destiny… or become its final victim?

Behold: A Divine Quest and A Fax Machine! Giant Underwater Robots! Eldritch Beings Watching Over All! Strange Magics and Stranger Main Characters! The Apocalypse, for A Second Time! At Least One Morally Dubious Steampunk AI! All with a Touch of Espionage and Political Corruption!

On July 5th Year 1648, in the fourth Era, the Inguld Republic suffered the greatest disaster to ever happen. The rising of the second Sun. Hundreds of thousand of people died. Abel Michealson, a police officer and a fellow victim of the tragedy, seeks to join the kingdoms secret force in charge of investigating the matter The Order of the Hidden Walkers, I order to find out the truth about the Incident. Fueled by vengeance, he seeks to find the cause of such a thing, leading him to a web of mysteries and supernatural secrets he never expected.

In the City of Gold, the cheapest commodity is a human life. Aurion is a city of layers. At the top, the Dwarven nobility live in golden palaces fueled by the massive mines beneath the earth. At the bottom, humans scrape by in the rain-slicked slums of the Lower Ring, grateful for whatever scraps fall from the table. Constable Elian knows his place. As a human officer in the City Watch, his job is to break up bar fights and ignore the excesses of the ruling class. But the fragile peace shatters when a member of the Royal Family, is found dead in an alley. With the city on the brink of civil war, Elian and his dwarven partner, Korg, must go rogue to find the real killer. But as they peel back the layers of the conspiracy, they realize that the bullet was just the beginning. In a city built on gold, someone is digging for something far more dangerous.

When "Error" Becomes the Only Hope In a world tightly controlled by the Church, all the laws of nature are shrouded in the guise of "miracles". The energy core that sustains the world is depleting, leading to the decline of magic and frequent disasters. The Church attempts to maintain order through cruel human sacrifices, while the wandering alchemist Elian and the mathematical genius Isabella discover that the world does not need magic at all; the truth lies in those "errors" and "natural laws" regarded as heresy by the Church.

He lived a quiet life in a loud world. Work. Regret. Silence. Then, in a single careless moment, it ended. Stabbed in the heart of a crowded city, a man who had never truly lived awakens in a world he does not recognize—Tetramor—inside a body that should never have been his. A vampire. A noble. A man despised by his own blood. His new name is Dariush Farzad, and everything wants him dead. Clans whisper his name with hatred. Empires watch for his fall. Friends, enemies… even those closest to him hide knives behind smiles. Worse still, his body stands at the brink of collapse—starved, weakened, and hunted—while fragments of a past life he does not remember scream warnings inside his mind. Powers he does not yet understand. A world ruled by Phase, Will, and Blood. And a fate already written in someone else’s ink. All he asked for was a chance to live. Instead, he was given a throne surrounded by graves. Now, with death closing in from every direction, Dariush must choose: Fade quietly, as everyone expects… or embrace the monster they fear—and survive at any cost. Because in Tetramor, mercy is a luxury. And those who hesitate… do not live long enough to regret it. —————————————————— author note: the update rate is; 1~3 chapter per day, but when the number of collections increase. unless it's going to be 1 chapter per day. so if you love this novel, don't forget to support it, so I get motivation for uploading more chapters. and what you need to expect from this novel: fast pace story but slow burn progression (kinda). the mc will get stronger, but not too fast. he will suffer, but don't break. a story with a lot of gore. and eroticism(not much, just for making the story feel real). great world building, and power system. emotional sence and slow burn romance(maybe, but not cliche). harem? maybe, because I am not sure. the mc has wife. humor and comedy even in serious moments. perfect and human like mc, even though he is a vampire now. but he isn't going to be like other protagonists. actually good villains. both tragic and pure evil. the mc is going to be a anti-hero. so if you see him killing a supposed to be hero character. don't get shocked. political and war in Novel is going to exist too. in the end, don't forget to support my work if you think it's good. I appreciate every single support you give me, even if it's just a collection or little comment. (*๓´╰╯`๓)o

An engineer wakes as the legendary Strategos Ajax in Olympus Aethelos, a steampunk floating city. The city's future is at stake. Hunted by the Chryseos Syndicate and Phrixus, he must use 'Kettle Logic' to save the Aether-Core, and find out woh he really is. It's what you will find in Inferno Ascended. BOOK ONE COMPLETED

“Night has fallen. Monsters, open your eyes. Werewolves, kill. Vampires, kill. Tengu, kill. Corporate security, kill. Mercenaries, kill. Gangs, kill. Counter-terror squads, kill. Cyberpsychos, kill. Biotech mutants, kill. Interdimensional demons, kill. Void Zerg, kill. Arcane abominations, kill. Millions of Dream-Possessed, kill...” The Public Safety System says: “It’s morning. Last night was a peaceful night— The cyberpsycho killed all the monsters. Survivors, please speak.” Li Pan says: “First of all, I’m not a cyberpsycho. I just have a slightly elevated spiritual awareness.”

In an endless ocean ruled by steam and gears, there is one absolute law: Do not enter the Fog, or you will lose your name. Silas is a runaway scholar, carrying a single book that holds a past no one else remembers. Elyra is his guardian, a girl with an unbreakable sword but a fragile mind; every time she fights to save him, she pays the price with her memories. He is her "anchor" to reality; she is his "shield" against the world. Aboard a ship whose engines whisper secrets, they sail toward the forbidden horizon, hunted by undying shadows, seeking the answer to the one question everyone fears: What is this world trying to hide from us?

"Our path shall forever be painted in crimson..." For Praefectus Cassius, the crimson path was a vow. A promise of victory for his God-Empire. But after he commits an act of mercy that his faith calls a sin, that path becomes his punishment. Stripped of his command, he is sent on a journey to the lost province of Deawiel with three unlikely companions: a loyal soldier, a broken priestess, and their prisoner—a sharp-tongued, otherworldly creature who knows more about the Empire's lies than any holy text. In a world where gods grant terrible power and priests can become monsters, Cassius walks a razor's edge. To complete his mission, he must survive heretics, divine wrath, and the unsettling truths his guide reveals. But the greatest threat may be the crumbling of his own faith, as he discovers that the road to salvation is often paved with heresy.

In a vast steampunk world ruled by machines, endless resource wars, and government officials who care nothing for their citizens, humanity has forgotten the power flowing through its own blood. Known as Kynara, this magic is limited only by imagination, yet few possess the creativity to wield it in a society that relies on gears to solve every problem. After their parents vanish in a brutal war between districts, three orphans Elias, Varya, and Liora are taken in by a reclusive inventor who raises them above the iron city. As they grow, they uncover a forgotten truth; Kynara does not answer to machines but to the mind and to the bonds between people. Dreaming of ending the wars and freeing humanity from its dependence on machinery, the three set their sights on ascension to godhood. But who knows what side the gods above are truly on. Can three orphan children not only prove to the entire world that gods are not born from machines but from imagination, but also uncover and reveal the secrets hidden in the cogs and gears?

In his previous life, James was an overworked corporate drone who died of stress at his desk. His dying wish was simple: if there is a next life, let it be boring. Let it be quiet. Let it be absolutely, undeniably carefree. The universe heard him, laughed, and reincarnated him as Peregrine Henry Wellington, the Crown Prince and sole heir to the sprawling, industrial nightmare known as the Iron-Blood Empire.

In the dying embers of the Royal Era, Azmareel is a soot-choked carcass. Alexander Milov, known as "The Ghost," possesses a cursed gift: he sees the world in the colors of souls. Fear is violet, greed is yellow, and brutality is crimson. When a massive explosion shatters the city's fragile peace, Alexander must navigate a world of shifting loyalties and industrial shadows. The age of kings is over; the age of wolves has begun.