Sci Fi Web Novels Featuring Drama

Sci Fi web novels featuring Drama, with public chapters on NovelCult.

New here? Start with The Inventor and the Machine. by Hannzys

SideKick | Shit Hero

Working is hard. Being a hero too. Doing both at the same time, for half the pay, is hell. Every day, Arthur wakes up early to sweep the filthy streets of Lumière in exchange for a pittance, zero recognition, and a terrible smell that seeps through his clothes and clings to his body. But when monsters appear and the city needs someone, he’s the one who steps up. Not to defeat them, of course, but because, apparently, no one else wants to clean up the mess that the real heroes leave behind. At the end of the day, his only consolation is heading to the corner diner, where the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen works. There, between a hot sandwich and a shy smile, Arthur almost forgets that he’s the lowest-paid (and most ridiculous) hero in Lumière. What kind of shit hero is this? A.N.: A short story set in the cyberpunk heroes universe of higgscrowl (Radiant).

Herge · Sci Fi · 5 ch

Shadow Emperor

Immensely powerful yet wildly down-to-earth, Xylan Miirak has never been particularly interested in putting up a front- even with the responsibilities of ruling his people. No amount of politics, bureaucracy, or public perception stops him from unabashedly being himself at all times, for better or worse. For the past ten millennia, he’s been able to keep this up, no doubt in part due to his quick wit and unmatched power and skill as a Level 7 Kinetic Sorcerer. Despite having to worry about ruling an interstellar empire, Xylan still has to worry about things like being a husband, raising his daughter, maintaining friendships, and generally finding time for a life outside of work. Unfortunately, his life is about to get a lot more interesting. The evil warlord Romulus has unleashed his merciless Kymaran hordes upon the Andromeda Galaxy, and Xylan’s people are first on his list. Apparently, he wasn’t busy enough already.

StarPrince · Sci Fi · 7 ch

The Inventor and the Machine.

The war ended. The machines were destroyed. But one of them survived. And a farm boy just brought her home. Elio Joshua is an ordinary farm boy in a world still healing from the Human-AI War. The war that killed seven billion people. The war that turned machine against man. The war that left his family with scars they never speak of. He helps his parents with the harvest. He plays with his two best friends. He dreams of becoming an inventor. His life is simple. Quiet. Safe. Then he falls through the earth. Beneath the forest floor, he finds an abandoned underground laboratory that shouldn't exist. Inside, a girl floats in a tank of glowing purple liquid. She is beautiful. She is fragile. She is drowning. Elio breaks the glass. He carries her home. He names her Luna. But Luna is not human. She cannot walk. She cannot talk. She has no heartbeat. She knows things no child should know. She is a hybrid, a remnant of the war, a creation that should have been destroyed. And she is not the only one who survived. A rogue military power called Salvon knows she exists. They know what she is. They know what she can become. And they will tear Elio's family apart to reclaim her. One night. That's all it takes. One night. One raid. One promise. Luna gives herself up to save the family that took her in. Elio, beaten and broken, is left crawling in the mud, screaming her name into the darkness. He has no army. He has no money. He has no map. All he has is a knife, a photograph, and two friends who refuse to let him go alone. The journey will take him across the Grey Zones, through corrupt cities, and into the frozen heart of Salvon itself. He will face thieves, sinners, and monsters wearing human faces. He will lose more than he ever imagined. He will grow harder. Darker. But he will never break his promise. Because the girl who couldn't move taught him what it means to be human. And he will cross the world to bring her home. This is Book 1 of an epic serial series. The journey continues in Book 2: The Long Road to Salvon. Every chapter builds. Every promise matters. Start from the beginning and follow Elio to the edge of the world and back.

Hannzys · Sci Fi · 10 ch