Brett Hand Inside Job

A brilliant computer scientist, desperate to secure funding for her family, is recruited to fix a malfunctioning game world that has evolved beyond its original programming. But when a glitch traps her inside the game, she finds herself unable to escape. As she navigates this strange digital realm, she encounters the game’s Hidden Boss, an NPC whose existence defies the system’s rules. The more time she spends in the game, the more her consciousness begins to morph into an avatar, erasing her memories and sense of identity. Now, she must find a way to break free before she loses everything, her past, her family, and her very humanity.

In the kingdom of Solrune, Ash Revenhart has lived his life without a Mark of Origin, the symbol of magic that defines one’s place in the world. On the Day of Awakening, Ash remains unmarked—until the orphanage he calls home is destroyed by fire. Barely surviving, he discovers an ancient power deep beneath the city and forms a pact with a mysterious spirit, unlocking a dangerous form of magic known as Veilcraft. Now, Ash must navigate a world that sees him as both a threat and a savior. With the Veil inside him, he uncovers secrets about the Ashen—those born without marks—and their connection to an ancient evil. As he gains power, Ash faces enemies from the Dominions of Crest, including the fierce noblewoman Velka Aurin, and must choose whether to embrace the darkness within or protect the world from it.

🔥 Blurb > In the Holy Domains, your worth is measured by what you kill and what you eat. Zack Tennyson was worth nothing—until he killed the wrong bug and hacked the system. Now the boy mocked as “Stab-Ass Fatso” is evolving faster than anyone expected. But power brings attention. And in a world where the strong eat the weak, Zack’s about to find out what it really means to survive. --- 📖 Synopsis The story opens with a sky-splitting aerial battle—Zack, older and blazing with crimson wings, going head-to-head against a Dragon-Type Guardian. As they clash, he breaks the fourth wall, taunting the reader with, “Let me tell you how it all began…” Flashback to the desert wasteland of the Holy Domains, where Zack is just another hungry nobody. Spirit Points rule all, and Zack has none. His days are spent scavenging trash and devouring mutant bugs like Carbee for even the tiniest point—only to be met with failure after failure. Until one day, he kills a glowing blue Carbee, something far beyond his level. It changes everything. His system begins a hidden “mod installation,” and Zack finally feels power stir inside him. But power doesn't erase pain. At school, he's hated for a past accident involving his crush, Samantha McPherson—a betrayal that still haunts him. Home isn’t any better. Rent is overdue. Food is gone. His sister is out hunting deep in the Domains. And the system starts demanding brutal daily quests that threaten to break him if he refuses. And yet... something is changing. The mod is installing. The boy they laughed at is becoming something else. Not a hero. Not a monster. Something in between.

Sean Stevens, a university graduate struggles to find a job opportunity. He ends up doing several part-time jobs, in order to earn enough money to be able to support his family. His parents own a small grocery store, but being that it is located in a very deserted street, it is not doing that well. His younger brother just joined campus, and the amount of money that is required to pay for his school fees is more than what his family can afford. The family is already in debt during the time that he was still in school. Some of the money had been taken from loan sharks, that keep on haunting the family. On a particular fateful day, Sean ends up picking a coin when he was coming from a construction site. The moment that he picked the coin, something baffling happened. A holographic screen suddenly popped up in front of his vision, while a mechanical voice echoed in his mind. [System activating... System activated.] [System binding in progress... System binding successful.] [Welcome host to the Ten Times Multiplier System: Investment Rebate] The moment that the system was activated, it was the very moment that his entire life changed. [You have spent $2 on food. Investment detected. Rebate activated. You have received $20. Additional reward, basic chef skills.]

Dustin Ryan gave Valerie Hanks his heart—and she shattered it by sleeping with his worst enemy. Just as his family’s dreams of success began to crumble, something inside him awakened. System Activated. “Awaiting Host’s full authorization...” Now, Dustin holds the key to unimaginable power. His enemies think he’s broken. They have no idea what’s coming. But once he authorizes the system... there’s no going back.

Vincent Carter was an adopted and the elder son of the Carter Limited family company which was regarded as the city's most renowned company in Washington D.C. He was maltreated by his presumed mother Alicea who tried several times to kill him so that her son Mike who was concerned as the junior could take over the company when the grandmother could give out her share. Ruled by jealousy, Alicea attempted to severely poison him to death and even hired people to do the job, yet it all failed until the day she got the opportunity to kick him off from the family home. With agony and exertion, he left with no way in particular to live. He starts walking as a barman in a hotel until he meets a bigger misery. He was set up with the daughter of a billionaire resulting in a one-night stand. The girl's family insisted they get married to protect their reputation and again Vincent's life became worse. Celeste Brooks the first daughter of Edward Brooks was drugged by her cousin all because she was their grandfather's favorite and Vicent was forced to have sex with her in order to save her life. Celeste's family was vicious, they turned Vincent into their dog and made life worse for him, even Victor Brooks, his wife's younger brother never respected him, he always treated him with contempt and never hid his hatred for him. Celeste was a modest lady; she always treated him with tenderness not minding all her family's hatred towards him. Even though they never looked like a real couple and they slept in different rooms and hardly communicated with each other, Celeste still respected him in her own way.

He gave up an empire for love, choosing a quiet life beside the woman who stole his heart. In secret, he paved her path to success, watching with pride as she rose to fame.  But when the woman he cherished began to see him as ordinary and unworthy of her world, his silence turned sorry.  Now, he's gone—along with every unseen hand that held her up.  Only in the ruins of her pride does she realize: without him, her kingdom was… built on sand. 

Blurb – The Smith’s Legacy Genre: Urban | Trope: Fake Identity, Family Drama, Redemption | Tone: Emotional + Adventure “You’re not good enough for her, Asher. You never were,” Ava’s mother spat. “I wasn’t trying to be good enough for your daughter,” Asher said slowly, his eyes darkening. “I was trying to be enough.. for her.” "But since I am not, I will take everything, until she has way less than enough." _____ Asher Smith never wanted to inherit his father’s empire, he wanted to build his own life, from scratch. So, he walked away from the Smith name and legacy, faking a humble identity at Cornell, where he met Ava Harper, beautiful, comforting, and full of dreams. Their whirlwind love turned into marriage, but love wasn’t enough to withstand pressure. Especially not from Ava’s mother, who saw poverty as a crime and Asher as a curse. One betrayal shattered everything. Now, Asher is back, not as the broken boy you would expect, but as the true heir of Smith Corporation. And when Ava sees him again.....it’s too late. Because the girl she once resented for sitting too close to Asher? She is wearing white now. And she is holding his hand with a ring on it.

For three years, Jaxon Lin lived as the joke of the Lin family — the useless son-in-law with no job, no power, and no pride. Mocked by his in-laws, ignored by his wife, and disrespected by everyone around him. But what no one knew… Was that the man they humiliated was once the Ghost Monarch — a shadow-ranked soldier trained to kill, command, and disappear. Now, the seal on his past has shattered. When his wife is targeted, his enemies rise, and the city begins to burn, Jaxon sheds his disguise. What comes next isn't vengeance. It’s war. And the dragon never forgets. 💥 A face-slapping, action-thriller full of ruthless comebacks, deadly secrets, and a hero who bows to no one.

Lucas Graham's life unraveled on his eleventh birthday when his father returned home with a mistress in his hand and her child at his beckon. The reason? Lucas's inability to awaken his innate gifts. Cast out from his family, he endured a harsh existence, clinging to the love of his only remaining kin—his mother. Years later, everything changes. Lucas awakens not with one or two but five extraordinary abilities that rival old legends. Yet, instead of reclaiming his lost title, he and his mother choose a quiet life in a remote town, shielding themselves from the past. But fate is relentless. The mistress resurfaces, sending assassins to end Lucas and his mother. The assassins succeed in taking the mother's life, but Lucas survives. Now fueled by a burning desire for vengeance, he vows to make them pay for his mother's death, even if it means reducing the city to ashes.