Black Among Us

EARTH ONLINE The black towers hung silent over every city for six months. Then, one November morning, a child's bright voice rang out in every head at once — Earth has gone online — and gave the world three days to eliminate a stranger, or be erased. Half the planet didn't make it. Cole Mercer is a librarian. Quiet, exact, ruthlessly calm — the kind of man who reads the room while everyone else is screaming. When the games begin he finds he's been handed no fire, no lightning, no gift worth the name: only a snide little book that collects the powers of the people he kills, and a mind that has never once lost a game that had rules. The Spire has a great many games. Every one is a trap dressed as a fairy tale, and every one can be solved — if you're cold enough, and fast enough, and willing to do the math while the monster is still smiling. But there's a voice on the other end of a cracked artifact, two hundred miles away: the strongest player on the server, a man Cole has never seen, who already seems to know exactly how he thinks. The tower wants them to climb. It should never have let them meet first. A slow-burn M/M apocalypse where the deadliest thing in any room is two minds that refuse to lose — and the one mistake the end of the world ever made was growing them a partner.

Brian was the son-in-law his wife's family doesn't accept. He was seen as the black sheep of the family and treated as such. No one wanted anything to with him. But little did they know that he was more than just an ordinary man. The wealth of the city was controlled by one man. Everyone longed to know who it was but little did they know that he was among them.

My name is Seraph. In a world that is filled with magic, science and arts of unbelievable kinds, I'm relatively ordinary. But then I met them. A group of assassins that work the machines of the world behind closed curtains. And the most striking is their leader, the woman which is the greatest mystery in the world. Though to the world we are all dead, each of us has a story of their own. I wonder if I can find myself a home among these people who call themselves Valkyries and more importantly can I solve all the riddles that surround them?

Black Hollow is a town built on secrets, where the past lingers like smoke and whispers of the dead weave through the wind. When Evelyn Drake, a 32-year-old trauma psychologist, inherits her estranged grandmother's abandoned estate, she plans to sell it and never look back. But the house, once ravaged by an unexplained fire, holds a history as twisted as the town itself. Evelyn soon discovers that her grandmother, Vivienne Hale, was a Soul Keeper, a guardian of spirits trapped between life and death. Her return stirs something ancient and angry. The spirits of Black Hollow awaken, their vengeance unresolved. When burned corpses begin appearing, each victim bearing the same eerie mark, Evelyn realizes she’s entangled in a crime that refuses to stay buried. Teaming up with Detective Ethan Calloway, a hardened cop haunted by his own past, Evelyn must uncover a decades-old conspiracy, a forgotten fire, and the true purpose of the Soul Keeper’s legacy. But not every ghost seeks peace. Some crave revenge. And in the ashes of the past, a killer still walks among the living.

In a kingdom where magic determines a person's worth, Hermes is condemned as a curse because he possesses none. Hunted, betrayed, and left for dead, he discovers a truth buried for thirteen thousand years. he is the reincarnation of the greatest Dragon Knight who ever lived. As an ancient destroyer rises to plunge the world into darkness, Hermes must awaken his forgotten power, reclaim the legendary Holy Light Sword, and confront the evil that wiped out his kind. With the fearless Vivienne fighting by his side, the fate of the world rests on the shoulder of the boy everyone believed was worthless. Some legends are forgotten. Others return to change the world.

When struggling contractor Hughie Cade is betrayed, robbed of his life's work, and crushed by a ruthless billionaire who stole his future, he discovers a forgotten family secret buried deep within Atlanta's foundations. Armed with an ancient legal claim that gives him the power to freeze the city's most valuable developments, Hughie launches a silent war against the empire that destroyed his family. As corruption, betrayal, and deadly secrets rise to the surface, the billionaire who once ruled the skyline soon realizes that true power doesn't belong to the man who owns the towers—it belongs to the man who owns the ground beneath them. In a battle of wealth, influence, and revenge, one man will bring an entire city to a standstill. He didn't just fight a billionaire. He shut down his city.

Adam Davis, the poor son-in-law of a wealthy family, suddenly remembers everything. He, who had experienced amnesia two years ago, rediscovers his true identity as an heir to a wealthy family. His real name is Sean William Anderson, the sole heir of the Anderson Group. Finally, he can retaliate against all the insults given by the Smith family, his wife's family, with his wealth and power. However, it is not an easy task as there is someone obstructing him from returning to the Anderson family, the very person who caused him to be cast out of the Anderson family for these past two years. Will Sean be able to reclaim his rights, or will he perish at the hands of those who hate him?

I thought Sofia was a faithful wife. She was always gentle and acted as if I was the only one. But when I went to surprise her on our anniversary, I was more surprised. I saw her making love to another man in our room. They even continued making love after they saw me. I was heartbroken and completely humiliated as a man. And what broke my heart even more was the reason she gave for cheating on me. She said I was just a poor man who couldn't make her happy. We divorced on the spot and I left angry and disappointed. On the way I passed through a very thick white fog and was instantly transported. I was in Smoky Hollow, a place in another dimension. I was given a system that changed my life. I had to hunt around Smoky Hollow to get coins that could be exchanged for money. I was suddenly a billionaire and I was going to make everyone who insulted me regret it.

In the Great Desolation, survival is an education in terror. This mysterious fantasy world of rising heroes and bloodthirsty demons offers Yang Chen, a humble apprentice with no talent, a swift path to oblivion. But fate offered a cheat code: the Experience Orbs. Every technique, every swing of a sword, every moment of meditation performed by those around him, releases a tangible, collectible reward. "Ding! 'Qi Cultivation' experience +3!" He doesn't practice; he just collects. Skills dismissed as weak become terrifying forces. Cultivation methods that should conflict and kill him instead fuse, evolving into unstoppable synergistic arts. Yang Chen steps out of the dusty medicine shop and into a world of genuine horror: colossal demons feast on populations, and revered gods chant curses. While the world sweats and bleeds for power, Yang Chen silently collects the experience he needs to survive a destiny far grander and more terrifying than anyone suspects.

Trapped in a dilapidated shop house with a chronic heart condition and mocked as a useless beggar, Muza takes his first step back to the peak. He has not only returned to heal the sick; he is here to uproot the evil that once betrayed him. To those who are sincere, he is a saving angel. To his enemies, he is the Grim Reaper bearing needles of death.