Brett Hand Inside Job

The world looks ordinary cities, schools, streets filled with noise and neon but behind the veil lurks a truth few can see. Mystics walk among us, monsters stir in shadows, and ancient powers wait to be claimed. Mordaine Carrowell is a nobody. Overlooked, mocked, forgotten. Until a forgotten pendant in his parents’ abandoned home awakens the impossible inside him: the Aetherflame, a forbidden magic that fuses fire, wind, and spirit. Now hunted by Inquisitors and feared by mystics alike, Mordaine is thrust into a hidden war of relics, betrayal, and monsters. Guided by a scarred mentor and joined by a stubborn ally, he must master the fire that could save the world or burn it to ash. In a world of swords, sorcery, and secrets, even a forgotten boy can rise with mystic power.

For three years, Ye Tian endured humiliation in silence until the night his wife chose a billionaire over him… asked for and open marriage and when he refused had him beaten, broken, and thrown into the gutter like trash. But death didn’t claim him. Something ancient did. A forgotten god awakens inside his shattered body; cold, merciless, and hungry for vengeance. The weak man who once begged for love is gone. In his place stands something far more dangerous. Now, the man they crushed is rising. Not for forgiveness. Not for justice. For domination. As powerful enemies close in and secrets of his past begin to surface, one question remains— Did they create a victim… or unleash a monster they can never control?

Famine had taken a toll on the humans; this had set everyone to find what to sleep on for survival, Elrond a young orphan went on a hunt into the heart of the woods from the Charevibe where they stayed in search of a deer for venison, he heard whispers of strange folks that lured him into something he believed his eyes were tricking him.  This transgression into a foreboding land had wrecked the looming darkness upon them and now the trolloc invades in search of the faeries white wolf that protected the light and magick of the Elderwood. A black hood and a masked man bear at their door as the great sweeps of the north continue. Elrond is saved by a fate so cruel or eerie that awaits him as he either perishes or takes the hand of the pointed-ear stranger, who is also an enemy of their kind and a protector of the last Elderwood– the high elves.

Lindsey Amazon never expected her peaceful life to shatter in one gruesome night when her parents were brutally murdered. With nowhere to turn and nobody to rely on, she found herself on the run, the weight of survival resting solely on her shoulders. It was a brutal world, and Lindsey was forced to live hand to mouth, scraping to survive. After endless days of running, she was finally captured by the very man who had taken everything from her. In captivity, Lindsey found herself face to face with Alejandro Rosario, a mysterious and enigmatic figure. As they navigated their harrowing circumstances together, Lindsey had to grapple with conflicting emotions. Will Lindsey find the strength to trust again, or will her past consume her in a never-ending cycle of vengeance and despair?

Kai Gibson has always been ordinary—too ordinary for a city like Harborview, where power, influence, and fear rule every street corner. After losing his father under mysterious circumstances and struggling under crushing debt, Kai is pushed to the edge of survival. But everything changes the night he’s ambushed behind an abandoned mall and a strange surge of energy awakens inside him. With the rare ability known as Tactical Insight, Kai begins to see the world differently—patterns, threats, weaknesses, pathways to victory even when the odds are against him. Suddenly, the once-weak young man becomes a rising force in Harborview’s underworld. But Kai’s evolution comes with a price. Every step forward drags him deeper into a web of enemies: street gangs, corrupt elites, hidden organizations, and people he once trusted. Betrayals strike from unexpected places, and Kai learns that the attack that awakened his power wasn’t random at all—it was planned. Now trapped between shadowy forces that want to control him and others who want him dead, Kai must level up faster than his enemies expect. Each chapter pushes him through higher stakes: • deadly ambushes • shocking betrayals • growing supernatural abilities • strategic face-slapping comebacks • climbing from the lowest rung of society to a position of unstoppable strength As Kai climbs, he uncovers the truth behind his father’s death, the origins of his new power, and a hidden war brewing beneath the city’s neon lights. To survive, he must rise. To win, he must become more than human. And to uncover the truth, he must be willing to face the darkness inside—and the monsters hiding in plain sight. Harborview will remember the name Kai Gibson… whether it wants to or not.

After I took asleep in reality world, then awaken in dream world. I took asleep in the dream world, in the reality world I'm awaken. Since then, I don't know what the sleep is anymore. I slept, only to transfer my consciousness to the dream world for completing missions. The sweet days I met her only to staring her smile, that dream is caused it all gone. Encouraging myself to against The God who holds Miho as the hostage, I’m following his game to be a hero in another world planning growth my own strength to deal with slowly. On the time, I’ll punish The God with my hand as what The God did. “Miho, my dear. Wait for me, I’ll save you!”

Everyone knows Valmor as a fugitive soldier—hunted, broken, barely surviving on the borders of war. No one knows the truth. No one knows he is the King of War, a name that alone makes enemies tremble and retreat. And yet, in a single cruel twist of fate, he discovers his entire family has been slaughtered—and the hand behind it belongs to his own ungrateful, treacherous fiancée…and them. Valhalla Calling: “Your fate was sealed the moment you chose me as your enemy. Even hell will spit you out when it learns you crossed me.” Death Calling: “Valmor has broken the law, and we have no choice call the Ruler of that Terrifying Place, The Drakmor and The Blackvale, they will deal with Him, and you know what’s going to happen if they come?”

Born with nine spiritual roots, his fate was sealed—forever trapped at the second level of Qi training. A mountain boy, seen as worthless, is thrown into a cruel experiment by wicked cultivators. Yet, fate takes an unexpected turn. With the Void Tower in hand, he steps onto the path of cultivation. From that moment, the tower became his greatest asset—nurturing spirit herbs, raising immortal beasts, refining pills, crafting talismans, and constructing deadly formations. He walks a path of blood and schemes, seizing fortune through danger, surviving betrayals and hidden plots. Ages pass, and countless kneel before the Supreme Heaven’s ruler. But who would have imagined that his journey, too, was once filled with hardship, struggle, and survival against all odds?

Ceto's life mostly revolves around playing computer games. Where he manages not to leave his room for one, two or six months. This is also the reason why his ex-girlfriend broke up with him. One day, when he opened his eyes, he did not expect to find himself in a strange world. He later discovered that he was inside the game world and where he was one of the anime heroes that he often played before. He used to only dream of this in his life, but now he is an actual player in one of his favorite games. Will he be able to leave the strange world he has been to? Or will he be able to overcome every challenges that the cruel game throws at them?

Frank Tarrow never asked to be the world’s salvation. At fourteen, he’s already a healer, a fighter, and the last living child marked by Shadowfire, the most feared power in existence. Morgan Hale, a warrior haunted by past failures, is sworn to protect the boy destined to dethrone King Darrius, the immortal tyrant who rules the world’s underbelly through corruption, sorcery, and blood. But Darrius wants Frank dead before the prophecy can unfold. And Frank wants answers about the power burning inside him. When ancient magic begins rewriting the prophecy, Frank and Morgan must navigate assassins, forbidden realms, and buried truths that threaten to tear them apart. Because saving the world comes with a cost. And fate has chosen who must pay it.