The Blade/Dancer: A Cyberpunk Action Disaster

This is The Blade/Dancer, a character-driven cyberpunk adventure with a blend of absurd action and satirical nihilism. This is chaos.

Previously published as a web serial, now fully compiled as a 1000+ page, 310k word monstrosity!

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Earth is on the brink of a new age, with the city of Silverhold at its epicenter. An age where the line between human and technology blurs into nonexistence. An age of metal, tech, and money. Money has conquered all.

MergoTech Incorporated has spearheaded modern cybernetics, heralding the corporation as a great power to surpass nations. All advancements come from them and go exclusively to those able to pay up, leaving Silverhold's Undergrowth to starve in obscurity. The bright future ahead bleeds from the palm of their hand.

Some see their dominance as necessary for progress. Some see them as the new evil incarnate, on par with nuclear armageddon and stubbed toes.

But to Tarim, local Undergrowth thief and one-part scoundrel to two-parts bastard, they're the perfect payday.

When a heist goes awry, Tarim, his partner-in-crime, and their half-metal dog are set on a path to uncover the corporation's darkest secret as they fight a crew of chromed-out mercenaries who want their blood for MergoTech's money. Tarim is strong, but what use is strength against numbers? Against an enemy with the power to conquer death itself? Against the existential terror of needing to make intelligent decisions and maintain healthy relationships?

What use is strength when you are your own worst enemy?

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Cover Art by Juniper Lake Fitzgerald

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This story is 100% human-made. Generative A*I has not been used in the creation of any aspect of this story whatsoever, nor shall it ever be used.