In Halcyon, every crime hides a code. Adrian Cross, a disgraced cryptanalyst, wanted nothing more than to fade into obscurity. But when a string of murders leaves cryptic puzzles etched into the city’s walls, he’s pulled into a deadly game only he can solve. Partnered with Detective Iris Navarro, Adrian unravels a web of secrets spanning law enforcement, corporate power, and his own past. Each cipher cracked saves a life—but also reveals another victim. As the bodies pile up and the codes point closer to Adrian’s family, he realizes the truth: The city itself is a message. And decoding it may cost him everything. In Halcyon, knowledge isn’t just power—it’s survival.

Lord Dryk and all his followers were defeated centuries ago. Or so the white mages believed until the reincarnation of his very own mistress, Ramona and her campaign to resurrect the dark lord. Yet darkness could return without the promise of a savior. Wayne a mage born without the gift was shipped off to stay with his uncle Alard and his daughter Calley, another abomination to the line of magic, while his father goes off with the other mages to find the savior and bring an end to the campaign of Ramona. But in the rarest of times, when no one expected, Wayne’s gift awakened, not in the manner which everyone thought it would be, and no one sensed it except Alard, yet that wasn’t all, Calley also awakened the gift like every other mage in history attracting the eyes of both good and evil, forging the prophecy to take a form no one saw coming and with it, the beginning of a long-avoided war. *** “I am tired of waiting for saviors, Fifteen years they have searched and found nothing. My father risks his life on a prophecy that may be empty. And we sit here like sheep, praying some child will appear to save us.” “In the old tales, it was not only mages who broke Dyrk’s host at the Battle of Broken Chains. It was the swords of men, thousands of them held the line while the archmages sang their spells. Common steel bought the world its freedom when magic faltered. If this Ramona comes again, let her face more than spells. Let her face men who will not wait for miracles.” Alard studied him for a long moment, something unreadable moving behind his eyes. “And what would you have, nephew?” “Train me,” Wayne said.

An Underated firm or company wins a contract ahead of big companies. The illegitimate son of a billionaire succeeds a multi-billionaire company while the legitimate children watched. A powerful family voluntary sells their company worth a fortune a penny to a strange businessman. These were mind blowing news that flooded headlines in Ashfall on daily basis. Regular folks deemed it coincidence, luck or whatever but, the elite had a different view for they know that an uncanny power was at play. The Millers had the most influential and powerful man in Ashfall as a Gardener while posing as a nominal husband for the beautiful Ava Miller. Ava cheated and divorced him, leaving him with only one option and that's to return to his empire and corridor of control. But on his return, everything was different. His empire have crumpled in his absence and to return it to glory he wouldn't be doing it alone this time. Well, the whisper of his return has left everyone and every where apprehensive.

In the shadows of power and deception, Dr. Richard Blair’s life unravels when the woman he loves, Fiona, betrays him for wealth and status. Left for dead, Richard discovers a shocking truth: he’s the heir to a vast empire and a legacy of ancient magic. With revenge burning in his heart, Richard sets out to reclaim what’s his, but Fiona’s not the only one with secrets. As he navigates a treacherous web of lies and alliances, Richard finds himself drawn to Vera, a mysterious and powerful woman with her own agenda

Blood wasn't merely just life, it was power, currency, and divine mandate. It was the thread that kept the fragile Empire afloat, and the tool by which the favoured lord over the feeble. Blood was known to all; feared by some, and coveted by others. Streets sang with pained screams, the glorious liquid trailing forth as rivers in the shadows. In the midst of such treachery, a suffering youth strived consistently to beat the odds. Ezekiel Stormwing, a young adult with crippling responsibilities, toiled everyday to make ends meet. Living in the struggling West with his father, they laboured ceaselessly under the venomous gaze of malevolent fiends. It was a world of segregation, all moving to the will of avarice. The wealthy desired more, while the poor pleaded for so little. All chased after coveted dreams, uncaring to others around them. Life was ever moving, satiating the powerful and draining the weak. Everything was mechanical, predictable, untill eventually… it wasn't. On an occasion celebrating Nefaria’s past triumph, war erupted. Ezekiel Stormwing found himself caught in the crossfire, his life dangling away in a whirlwind of pain. In a desperate gamble to save his father, he wagered his life. Death coveted his soul, but just before his flame extinguished…it erupted, a shimmering power once sealed within him unlocked. With rejuvenated resolve, he defied faith. He manifested his desire, saving his father from certain doom. Now, after the war, his eyes settled on a new goal, one that would keep him ever close to the frigid gates of the afterlife. Will he succeed, or will destiny finally erase his existence?

They buried him as a disgrace. He returned as their reckoning. Five years ago, Dominic Kane was the heir to an empire, until his own family framed him for a crime he didn’t commit, murdered his parents, and threw him into prison to die. They made one mistake: he survived. Now he’s back. Not as the broken man they destroyed, but as the nation’s most feared War General, a legend who crushed armies and brought empires to their knees. His uncle sits in the family mansion, celebrating a banquet in honor of a mysterious War God he’s desperate to impress. He has no idea he just invited his own executioner through the door. Dominic didn’t come home for forgiveness. He came to collect blood debts, and he always pays in full. When the past comes for you wearing three stars and carrying the weight of a nation’s military might, there’s nowhere left to run. For fans of revenge thrillers where power, justice, and retribution collide.

After 500 years of imprisonment, the legendary Rune Knight Roric awakens to find himself in the body of Kaelen Thorne, a low-born and untalented fighter at the Lyra Military Academy. Betrayed and sealed away in the abyss, Roric is shocked to discover that the world of rune magic has regressed, with many of his ancient techniques now forgotten. Forced to hide his true identity, Roric must navigate the cutthroat politics of the academy while inhabiting a body cursed with a weak spirit and a reputation for cowardice. As he begins to regain his former power, he uncovers a deeper conspiracy—a stagnation of magic that hints at the very forces that betrayed him centuries ago. To survive the academy's relentless bullies, reclaim his lost strength, and unravel the truth behind his imprisonment, and exact his revenge. Roric must master a world that has forgotten its own history.

In a world that looks ordinary but secretly thrives with awakened individuals, Edgar Holman is the last person anyone expects to matter, timid, unlucky, and constantly overlooked. But when a near-fatal accident unlocks a dormant power tied to ancient martial and medical arts, he becomes the unwilling apprentice of Master Shin, a man whispered about but never truly known. As Edgar steps into a hidden war between gifted healers and corrupt power-wielders, he must confront a truth that terrifies him: the power that saved his life might be the same force that destroys it. And the quiet, “useless” boy the world ignored? He may be the only one capable of cutting the rot out before it spreads.

Ryan King had it all: billions in the bank, the city’s biggest company, and a beautiful wife. But in one rainy night, he lost everything. Betrayed by his wife and best friend, Ryan was left paralyzed, a prisoner in his own body, forced to listen as they spent his money and plotted his murder. For six months, he was a vegetable. A silent witness to his own destruction. Then, they made a mistake. They killed him. But death wasn't the end. As his heart stopped, a blue light pierced the darkness. [SYSTEM ACTIVATED] [HATRED LEVEL: MAXIMUM] Ryan wakes up with a second chance and a mysterious System that grants him god-like abilities in exchange for one thing: Vengeance. Now, the man who couldn't move a finger can control technology, crush bones, and manipulate the stock market with a thought. He won’t just take back his company; he will burn their world to the ground. They thought he was a broken shell. They are about to find out that they just woke up a monster.

Awakening Day was supposed to be amazing. Instead, Marcus got the worst Class possible: Serial Killer. Now he has 30 days to commit murder or go insane. The System doesn't care that he's just a kid. It doesn't care about his morals. Kill or be destroyed—those are his only options. Between lying to his best friends, studying for tests, and planning his first kill, Marcus has to figure out how to feed his cursed Class without losing his soul. Can he stay human while becoming a monster? Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy Marcus's dark journey.

What if every bill you spend is actually a piece of your remaining breath? Axel Benjamin gains instant wealth through a biological parasite flowing in his blood, but without digital numbers or an hourglass counting down. In this brutal world, hard work is the only way to buy living time, while shortcuts mean accelerated death. When enemies from his childhood and other system holders begin hunting his life, Axel must choose between becoming a legend who dies young or surviving as an ordinary man who is truly free. The safety of those he loves is now collateral for a debt owed to a system that feeds on emotion. Axel has just realized that he never truly owned his own time, and now his heart has begun to beat to the wrong rhythm.

Suddenly appearing in a different world, it looks like I got caught up in a Hero Summoning. And of course, I’m not the Hero, but it’s another guy……and while being very cautious and scared of the cliche-like development, I was thrown into the maelstrom of war……or not. The Demon Lord? It was defeated a thousand years ago. Hero? He’s just the main actor in a festival. Nobles? They’re kindly taking care of us. The Demon Race? They have good relationships with Humans. Wars? It’s already 800 years since the last one. Monsters? The Guild and Order of Knight are taking care of them. Return to Earth? It is eventually No-Risk. What I’m planning after being caught up into this? I’m gonna enjoy the life in a different world as much as I want to, go on a cultural exchange and sightseeing, and after experiencing the festival that is only held once every ten years……I shall go home safely. The other world was――at Peace. A kind world where the three races, the Demon Realm’s Demons, the God Realm’s Gods, the Human Realm’s Humans, they are kind neighbors to each other, with everyone living a peaceful and fulfilling life. But although I wished to peacefully spend a year before my return, for some reason, the heavyweights of this world keeps gathering around me....

George Kane lived a street life soaked in blood, greed, and brutality. When he died, the darkness should have taken him, but wandering spirits found him instead. They offered him what he always wanted: power, wealth, and fame, in exchange for becoming their tool on Earth… across multiple reincarnations. After six rebirths, George masters the world’s systems: crime, business, celebrity, influence. Then, in his seventh life, a strange boy approaches him: “This is your last life. After this, you never return.”

The story begins with Mark’s brutal struggle against nightmare entities like The Shredder and The Janitor. He finds himself forced to rescue two coworkers, Sarah and David—not out of empathy, but because the System threatens to process the entire team into "Hell-Fuel" for a thousand years should even one member forfeit. The tension reaches a breaking point with the arrival of The Auditor, a mysterious entity conducting "life audits," who coerces Mark into signing a "Permanent Overtime" contract. Mark soon realizes that this system is no mere game; it is a galactic harvesting operation designed to farm human suffering. As the narrative unfolds, Mark descends an infinite spiral staircase, facing elite monsters that manifest as the physical incarnations of corporate sins. He begins to manipulate legal loopholes within the System to empower his team, forging Sarah into a lethal logistics expert and David into a bloody legal guardian. Mark continues to endure harrowing physical tolls—repeatedly broken bones and failing organs become his daily routine as he trades his vitality for overpriced, instant-healing points. The climax occurs when Mark reaches the "Galactic Headquarters" to confront the System’s CEO. There, he uncovers the bitter truth: Earth is merely one of thousands of subsidiaries currently being "liquidated." In a final act fueled by dark comedy and visceral action, Mark does not choose to be the hero who destroys the machine. Instead, he orchestrates a hostile takeover. Sacrificing his humanity to become the new Administrator, he liberates mankind from their life-debts—only to find himself eternally bound as the "Servant of Hell," maintaining the balance of a shattered new world. Mark wins, but his shift never ends.

When Uche is assigned the cursed room, he expects the usual pranks and late-night scares—but what greets him is far more sinister. A mirror that reflects something darker than himself. Walls that tap in sync with his heartbeat. Voices that whisper his name in the dead of night. And a program designed not just to scare, but to break anyone who dares enter. With the help of Seyi, his enigmatic roommate, Uche learns that the room chooses its prey—and once chosen, there’s no turning back. Each test brings him closer to the truth about the room, the mysterious “Program,” and the dark legacy of his own family. Now Uche must navigate fear, betrayal, and shocking secrets if he wants to survive. But the deeper he goes, the clearer it becomes: some games aren’t meant to be won. And some rooms… never let go. In Room 49, fear isn’t just a feeling—it’s the only way to stay alive.

BLURB They killed him for being weak and not to expose them Big mistake. Ethan Hardy was the invisible man, the loyal employee, the devoted husband, the guy everyone walked over. When he caught his wife in bed with his boss, they didn't just betray him. They murdered him. Strangled him. Dumped his body in the ocean. But the ancient seal embedded in his chest had other plans. Now he's back from the dead with powers that shatter concrete and bend reality. The forgotten heir to a hidden empire of awakened warriors. The inheritor of a sentient artifact that whispers secrets of unimaginable strength. Revenge is just the beginning. His enemies wanted him gone. Now they'll beg him for mercy. He won't give it.

The Last Dragon Knight has been born, and misfortune looms over the lands of Dorlan like a shadow foretelling a tragic end. His power can open a portal to the Abyss and unleash an apocalyptic war, leaving the world at the mercy of demons. This has reached the ears of the acolytes of the Brotherhood of the Black Flame, who wish to fulfill the prophecy and will seek to capture him now that he is just a child. The pieces of a macabre game have begun to move in the shadows, and war is imminent. Hope rests on the knight Kalen ‘Fal, who, accompanied by a surly warrior and an elven assassin, and guided through wild lands by an ex-mercenary of dubious reputation, must protect the newborn at all costs in a world full of betrayals, bloodshed, and ruthless cruelty, with civilization hanging by a thread… What to expect (and what not): 🛡️ No game mechanics, no stat screens — This isn't litRPG. It's a grounded, character-driven fantasy. ⚔️ Fallen heroes, not flawless ones — The protagonist is a paladin... but the light might not always follow him. 🐉 Prophecies, yes—but never what you'd expect — The "chosen one" might not even be human. Or a hero. 🔥 Dark cults, undead armies, and orcs with purpose. Even monsters have stories. 🧠 Politics, betrayal, and silent wars — Swords clash, but daggers in the dark cut deeper. 🐢 A slow burn with real consequences — This is a long game. Growth takes time. Pain leaves scars. Trust is earned. 💔 Emotional weight — There will be grief, love, guilt, and sacrifice. For new readers: If you're here for fast battles and instant power-ups, this may not be your story. But if you're willing to walk through ashes, you'll find fire.

At Raymonds High, Jones is just another quiet transfer student—ordinary clothes, and an easy target for bullies. But what no one knows is that beneath his calm surface flows the blood of dragons. Framed by his enemies, betrayed by those he trusted, Jones faces the darkest day of his life. Yet in the depths of despair, his ancient blood awakens. Scales of power and fury rise from within, and with them comes vengeance. Those who mocked him will tremble. Those who hurt him will kneel. Those who betrayed him will beg for mercy. The dragon has awakened.

Los Angeles, the City of Angels... fallen. Beneath the glow of Hollywood lights and the eternal gridlock of the I-405, there is a world that moves in silence. Raymond Vance is not an ordinary rideshare driver. He is a Ghost Driver, available only through the RideShare app’s Dark Mode between 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. The rules are simple and absolute: Don’t ask. Don’t look back. Change of plan equals ten times the fare. That night should have been easy. Pick up a passenger in Downtown LA, drop them off in Santa Monica. Instead, the passenger who gets in is Leo, a ten-year-old boy with autism, clutching a military-grade encrypted tablet. Seconds later, an armored SUV owned by a Private Military Contractor slams into the side of Raymond’s car. Leo is not just a child. He is the Master Key sought by Mexican cartels and corrupt California senators. Dragged into a lethal conspiracy, Raymond is forced to push his Dodge Charger through the streets of California. There is no government support, no law. Only asphalt, gasoline, and bullets. Tonight, there is only one choice: a five-star rating, or die on the streets of LA.

Lex, a mundane office drone, met an untimely end at the hands of a trigger-happy robber. But death wasn't the end. He awakens reincarnated as a lowly palace servant in the city of Greyl. Lex has only one goal: survive in a world of magic, monsters, and deadly political twists. The problem? He's non-essential. No destiny. No skills. Just a faceless cog in a story that doesn't care if he lives-or dies.