Name: Dial (Ben 10/MCU SI)
Rating: 4.51 (718 reviews)
Author: Mahmoud Schahed

The Law of Averages

★ 4.57

mcswazey

What young boy doesn't crave adventure? What young man doesn't wish to be a superhero?

But time marches on, and life grows dull with responsibility. Is it any wonder that old dreams are forgotten?

Welcome to The Law of Averages: In which a man is dragged solidly out of his comfort zone. Be careful what you wish for, you never know when it will come true.

This story follows Daniel Newman as he adjusts to a strange new world. One where superpowers are for sale, where heroics are frowned upon, and where life is constantly defying Daniel's expectations. Dan always thought that he was destined to be normal, but one world's normal is another world's special.

The Law of Averages now has a Patreon page!

Silhouette

★ 4.55

GrimCat

WARNING: THIS STORY HAS A SLOW START. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

We all grew up hearing stories about heroes and villains, but what would we do if we were to be part of one?

One night, a bioweapon escaped from its laboratory in Zalcien, only to die in a dark alley.

One night, a young man lent a helping hand, only to die alone in the dark.

One night, a deity of death saw two lost souls and offered one a second chance in the other's body.

Now a strange creature made of darkness, James has to deal with his new form in a strange new world where superpowers, heroes and villains are commonplace, far away from his home. Watch as he learns how to use his powers, as he meets allies and enemies and how, when facing the paths of heroism and villainy, he chooses a third way somewhere in between.

Follow the story of James, a lost Earthling soul, as he becomes Silhouette, the mysterious power in the shadows.

Cover by TheWinterer.

Greetings fellow humans. This is my first story on Royal Road and my first long-term project written in English, so I do hope you will have some mercy in your heart when reading.

So, as you may have understood, this is a story with super-heroes - which is quite ironic for my first story considering all of the other ones planned are fantasy - and as such will take place in a modern-like setting.

Despite dark themes and gory scenes making their way into the story, it is still a super-hero world with the logic that matches, so expect characters to survive nuclear explosions without a scratch and yet to get defeated by a rubber ducky - as well as similar dark humor, thus the comedy part.

Gamma Protocol [LitRPG, Cyberpunk]

★ 4.68

Ravnicrasol

In the year 2252 I, Axel Garcia, woke up early, ready to enter the next phase of my life.

I've since concluded that I should've slept in.

Story details: A mix of slice-of-life, monster killing, and someone who wants to do good in a world fraught with greed and, well, monsters.

Protagonist: Male, first-person PoV.

Setting details: Cyberpunk world where humanity has been pushed to build futuristic fortified cities for their own survival against the monsters.

And there are... Magical girls?: Less Mahou-Shoujo and more superheroes, but yes.

But there's also military?: Also yes (and unlike every superhero story, the normal people fighting monsters actually know what to do for a change).

But... HOW?: By the magical power of "common sense" (and big guns).

Minimum Chapter Size: 2K (4K starting on ch92)

Posting Frequency: Sunday

Also you can go over to [Patreon] to read ahead.

Somebody Stop Her

★ 4.58

Vitaly S Alexius

This book is now on Kindle!

In the sleepy town of Saint Mary, the Kilborne superhero family's new neighbors are more than just odd—they're supervillains! School would be a breeze for Martin Kilborne if it weren't for Alexa Terranova, his raygun-toting classmate who recruited him as her minion. Martin becomes quickly tangled in Alexa's supervillain plots from stealing an ice cream van, to destroying the Superstate, to bewildering time-travel escapades leaping between his Earth and a dead world 400 years in the future. When Martin is awakened from mundane existence by Alexa, his life transforms from mundane to madcap—an ever accelerating train ride with no breaks, packed with adventure, dark comedy and post-apocalyptic, cosmic horror!

Book 2:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/101201/somebody-stop-him-a-progression-fantasy-epic

The Impossible Jack: Origin Story

★ 4.83

Spacetiger

A lot happens between discovering you're a freak and deciding you're a hero.

After getting caught showing off in a video post, Casey Caldwell finds himself hunted by the Insiders: a cadre of villains dedicated to keeping superhumanity a secret at any cost.

Desperate to lure the deadly fiends away from the first scrap of happiness he’s ever known, Casey crafts a red mask and uses his evolving powers to Jack up from a scrawny high school nobody into a swashbuckling video stunt hunk.

As The Jack of All Trades, teasing the limits of human potential is all fun and ad revenue until the price of fame becomes the attention of people like him hiding in fear around the world.

To defend his found family and stop The Insiders’ true agenda, The Jack will have to level up his Jack fu, load up a Belt of All Trades, and learn the one thing his impossible powers can’t teach him: how to be the world’s first superhero.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

A slice-of-life origin story that opens dark but gets fun fast.

SLOW BURN: This isn’t yet the story of how The Jack of All Trades saved the world and lit the way for a generation of heroes. This is the story of how a scared high school nobody became the only man who could.

SCIENCE FANTASY: An evolving power system without any billionaire mentors offering immediate explanations and free tights.

WEAK TO STRONG MC: That’s pretty much our guy’s power set.

FRIENDSHIP: A shameless bromance for the ages with a first-ever best friend.

ACTION! COMEDY! MYSTERY! FEELS!

This one has it all, true believer!

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Book 1: Origin Story is complete at 41 chapters releasing every Monday/Wednesday/Friday (or more) into the future.

Book 2: Jack Gone Wild will follow soon after.

Patreon available to support the project and read ahead.

Romantically Apocalyptic Webcomic

★ 4.72

Vitaly S Alexius

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image host expired >read comic on wayback machine for now

The Perfect Run

★ 4.81

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

The Perfect Run is now available on Amazon and Audible: Volume 1 (Audiobook), Volume 2 (Audiobook), Volume 3

Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life whenever he dies. Arriving in New Rome, the glitzy capital of sin of a rebuilding Europe, he finds the city torn between mega-corporations, sponsored heroes, superpowered criminals, and true monsters. It's a time of chaos, where potions can grant the power to rule the world and dangers lurk everywhere.

Ryan only sees different routes; and from Hero to Villain, he has to try them all. Only then will he achieve his perfect ending... no matter how many loops it takes.

The Perfect Run updates on Tuesday and Saturday. Cover by Vitaly S. Alexius.

Herald of the Stars – A Warhammer 40k, Rogue Trader Fanfiction

★ 4.71

Aethelred

British plumber, Aldrich Isengrund donates his body to science only to wake up in the far future as the last survivor of a Federation experiment.

Stuffed with archeotech, Aldrich has been given a chance to live long and prosper, so long as he reaps the great tithe of xenos required to unlock his implanted machines.

How much destruction will one man incite with a battered, plasteel pipe?

Note: Herald of the Stars pacing is appropriate for the galactic scale setting: it is slow. Some knowledge of 40K is assumed, though not essential.

Try my original medieval fantasy: The Rícewelig Crown

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