A Dish Best Served Cold

BLURB Caleb Lane gave everything to the woman he loved. His money. His company. His whole life. And she repaid him with poison. “I was never your childhood sweetheart,” Brielle whispered, watching him bleed. “Mason told me every detail of your little love story, and I played the part perfectly.” In his final moments, Caleb spotted a matching pendant on the one woman who actually fought for him. Ava Cross. His real soulmate. Dead on the ground because of him. Then he woke up. Three months before the apocalypse. Three months before the world burns. Armed with a mysterious trading system, a hidden pocket dimension, and the burning memory of everyone who betrayed him, Caleb has one mission. Find Ava. Protect the people who matter. And make sure Brielle and Mason never survive to see the new world. “There’s not going to be an engagement,” Caleb told his best friend. “Not tonight. Not ever. I’m done with Brielle.” This time, he knows exactly who to trust, who to destroy, and how the world ends. This time, the apocalypse plays by his rules.

Daisuke Hagaromo is a 19-year-old who is completely bored out of life. His bad decisions had gotten him to the worst place he could have imagined when he was younger, and every day of his life felt miserable. He intends to commit suicide in a quick and painless manner, jumping off the roof of the 100-story building with his eyes closed and succumbing to his miserable fate. He dies successfully, but awakens to find himself floating in a void, greeted by a divinely inspired digital system. In exchange for his eternal submission to the system's conditions, the system offers him a chance at a new and more fulfilling life. Daisuke, against his better judgment, accepts the offer and is transported to another dimension of reality. He would be assigned difficult missions and put through impossible trials there, which would later be revealed to be a path to greater life and immortality. ******* This is a system novel set in medieval times with mythical characters and situations. It is NOT a harem, and there are very few sexually explicit scenes. My world building and character development aren't the best, but they will improve with time. I hope you enjoy it, and if you do, please consider supporting, reviewing, commenting, and following. Have a good time!

Black Prison – the world's most dangerous! The world's super-criminals, business elites, politicians, hackers, and even nuclear weapons experts can be found. After all, the talent here is put into a fantasy world where after completing all the tasks can be free. If the Dark Prison is the most terrifying in reality, the “King of Darkness” is the best prison in the hypothetical world! Here incarcerate heroes and beasts in legends, Sorcerers, Three-Headed Snakes, Cannibals, Bounty Hunters, and even the most powerful in the world -God! If there were such a prison, it would destroy one of them. Andrew Louis is the most powerful criminal in the Black Prison. So to gain freedom and protect his loved ones, Andrew Louis must enter the "Second World" to fight the fiercest creatures, complete the darkest, monstrous challenges, and even a life-and-death mission. Coming to "The Dark King of London," the world is also a prison; to gain true freedom, you must change the world! Please enter the story; let's get in tune with this ghost story, full of attraction; let's experience and try to find the answer for ourselves, explain and find out what is suspicious and solve it with male lead Andrew Louis.

"Oh shut up, please!" Olivia said dismissively without any hesitation, standing up and folding her arms to her chest. Jason looked shocked, his eyes moved to her, then to the others, who still hadn’t said a word in his defense. "Why have you chosen to be this useless?" she continued in a low growl. "You haven’t worked a single day since we got married. Maybe you just like sitting in that chair, being pitiful, and using it as your excuse for why you're a broke man." Jason’s teeth clenched. He wanted to defend himself, to explain again, but the moment he opened his mouth, Olivia raised a hand. "Don’t say a word, I’m not done. You think you can play the victim forever? My family paid for your therapy, flew you around the world, gave you access to the best doctors, and yet here you are, back with the same damaged spine and still sitting in that chair." She rubbed her forehead. Jason lowered his gaze, disappointed at her reaction but he didn’t talk.

What greater curse is there, than to be born a mage with no powers? I guess there is none in Namrys where you are only defined by what are__ a hunter, a healer or a human. In this world plagued by vicious soul eaters; who suck the souls of humans for food, you are either a protector or the protected. But there is Sora, a mage with no powers. He has no place in this world and is bullied every single day of his already miserable life. However, one fateful day changed the course of Sora's life. At the brink of death after being injured by a soul eater, he is given a chance to return to life and save his best friend, but on the condition that he takes on the most dreaded task. He has to face the Creator. Now, how does a mage with no powers, come face to face with he who creates soul eaters? Sora agrees, but as he delves deeper into the mystery of the soul eaters, he discovers that his journey may have just begun and the truth behind his rebirth maybe more dreadful than he ever could have imagined. Will he rise to become the hero the world needs or will he fall to the curse of his own weakness?

In this world, strength is not merely power. It is identity, wealth, political influence, and the right to live without fear. Every human being is born with martial veins, supernatural channels that determine how much martial energy their body can absorb, circulate, and convert into strength. A child with superior veins receives the finest education, the best resources, and the respect of powerful families. A child with damaged veins is considered a wasted life. Theo Vale is born with broken martial veins. His father disappears under mysterious circumstances. His mother spends everything she has to secure him a place at the prestigious Celestial Martial Academy, believing that education might give her son a chance at a decent life. Instead, Theo becomes the academy’s favourite punching bag. He is humiliated by students, dismissed by instructors, and deliberately excluded from assessments. The academy’s most celebrated student, a young man from one of the empire’s most powerful families, makes a public spectacle of degrading him. Theo endures it because his mother has sacrificed too much for him to abandon the academy. Then, one night, a brutal beating leaves him dying on the training grounds. Something awakens.

Maximus Aurum Zenith, the Illegitimate child of the Zenith Family.. Maximus was content with just that, but who would thought that the Zenith Family will sever ties with him on his wedding day. Now taken in by his wife's family, the Richardsons, Maximus became a live-in son-in-law. When it dawned on the Richardsons that the Zenith Family was never going to call back Maximus, their attitude towards became cold as ice, and eventually, as soon as his wife goes into labor, the Richardsons devised a scheme and got Maximus killed, and then they spread the news that Maximus ran off. But death wasn't the end. Due to the nature of his death, Maximus awakens a system, the Dovahkiin System which contains the powers of every ancient dragons that has ever lived. With a means to acquire cash and skills with every quest he completes, Maximus sets a course to recover all he had lost, especially his wife and the daughter he hadn't seen. Action packed, thriller, full of suspense, massive vulgarity and uncensored brutal killing scene. Dragonborn: Dovahkiin System.

Betrayed. Poisoned. Forgotten. Kael Aric, once the brilliant crown prince, dies at the hands of those he trusted most. But fate grants him a second chance reborn as the Tyrant’s Heir, with the memories of his past life burning like fire in his veins. This time, there will be no mercy. With a system that allows him to cultivate, level up, and unlock golden finger powers, Kael vows to rise from the ashes. Every scheming courtier, every backstabbing noble, and every traitor who once mocked him will face his revenge. From a weak, overlooked heir to a ruthless warrior prince, he will crush his enemies with cold precision, turning humiliation into face-slapping victories. Yet behind his sharp blade lies a secret: the true enemy is not only within the palace walls, but lurking in the shadows of the empire itself. Will Kael use his rebirth to seize the throne, rewrite destiny, and build a kingdom stronger than ever before? Or will the chains of betrayal tighten once more around his neck?

The "Trash" Son-in-Law. That’s all the elite Wensley family saw when they looked at Evan. A man without mana, a "Void" in a world where magic is everything. For years, he endured their slaps, their spit, and their crushing gravity spells—all to protect his dying mother. When Evan’s wife, Vanessa, flaunts her affair with his billionaire boss and lets her family frame him for a theft he didn't commit, Evan’s world shatters. He begs on his knees for the Life-Core that could save his mother, only to be mocked as her heart monitor flatlines. They didn't just leave him for dead in the mud; they killed the only reason he had to stay human. In the cold silence of the rain, the "Void" within him finally screams back. A forbidden protocol, hidden by his mother, triggers at the brink of death. [OMNIX SYSTEM INITIALIZED: HEIR OF THE VOID ASCENDING.] They all called him a hollow shell. Now they’re about to find out that the Void can devour everything.

Ramon had just ran away from home. He had his father, Andreas sent to prison for bullying his smoking addictive mother since he was a little boy, but now that he is grown up, he is the bread winner of his family and even had to provide for his mother. Roseline, decided to be a nun just to help Ramon study after he got a scholarship into a prestigious university. Ramon was happy thinking he could get rich and study just to change his poor fate and help his mother. He met with Chloe who was infatuated with his cold attitude but later she made her intention known. She dated him because she believed he was rich. When Ramon knew she left him for Xavier, who has his eyes on Chloe for a long time. Xavier even had Ramon crippled and just when he thought his life was over. A gaming system appeared on his phone promising revenge and not only that but wealth beyond his wildest dream.