Controlling

Marcus Kane spent three years as the Sinclair family's favorite punchline... the son-in-law with no job, no title, and apparently no use. When Gerald Sinclair finally forces the divorce through, the family celebrates like they've cut off a dead limb. They should have checked who owns the building they celebrated in. Marcus isn't unemployed. He's Meridian Holdings, the anonymous company that has spent a decade quietly buying up everything the Sinclairs depend on, and, as of eleven days ago, the controlling stake in Sinclair Group itself. He never wanted a war. He wanted them to stop needing him to be small. Now that they've made their choice, he's done pretending he doesn't have one of his own. One asset at a time, the headquarters lease, the country club, the merger meant to save them...Marcus takes back what was always his, all while sitting through Sunday dinners in the same worn jacket, letting them talk over him like furniture. Every man who thought he could take a piece of Marcus's world for free is about to learn there was always a silent owner in the room. He didn't come back to be loved. He came back to collect.

After losing his job, his apartment, and the last bit of hope he had left, Ethan Cole finds a single dollar lying on the ground—his final piece of pocket change. But the moment he picks it up, a strange message appears before his eyes: [System Activated: The God of Ruin’s Pocket Change.] The system tells him the coin in his hand doesn’t belong to an ordinary person. It belongs to the God of Ruin, a being so powerful that even thousands of dollars mean nothing more than spare change. With the system’s power, Ethan can buy things worth tens of thousands using just one dollar, acquire companies with a few coins, and manipulate fortunes across the world. But every purchase follows one terrifying rule—for every gain Ethan receives, ruin must fall somewhere else. A billionaire might lose everything overnight, corporations could collapse, and entire markets may crash just to balance the price of his fortune. As Ethan rises from a broke nobody to a man who can shake the global economy with pocket change, he slowly realizes a horrifying possibility: he may not be the one controlling the system. Instead, the God of Ruin might be using him, and every coin he spends could be buying the world’s destruction.

Elias Voss, the reclusive CEO of Umbratech and the genius behind the world's most advanced defense technologies, has everything—power, wealth, and influence. But none of it matters. Beneath his calm, ruthless exterior lies a man who’s tired of thrones and headlines. What he wants now is something real—a partner, a family, someone who sees him for who he is, not what he owns. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Luna West. Luna, caught in a battle with her controlling family, proposes a deal to Elias: pretend to be her boyfriend for a while to keep her family at bay. What starts as a simple arrangement quickly deepens, as Luna’s sharp wit and independent spirit draw Elias in, revealing a side of him he never expected to show. While Elias hides his true identity as the wealthy CEO behind the facade of a humble salesman, Luna’s family, especially her snobbish relatives, dismiss him as beneath them. But they have no idea that the "salesman" they despise is the very man they should be courting . In a world obsessed with wealth and titles, Elias must navigate lies, loyalty, and love—all while keeping his secret intact. But how long can he hide when the heart wants to be known?

Kaito was betrayed by the very people he had served for years and left to die in the wilderness. But death refuses to claim him. Rescued by the eccentric blacksmith Grandpa Gen, Kaito is given a second chance at life—at a price. His shattered bones are replaced with reinforced iron, transforming his body into a massive metallic frame. Stronger and nearly immune to ordinary physical damage, Kaito soon discovers that controlling his new body is far more difficult than expected. Driven by anger toward Lord Hidetada, Kaito returns to confront the man responsible for his downfall. But his revenge quickly reveals a much larger conspiracy. Hunters begin pursuing him, drawn to the mysterious magnetic energy within his body. As Kaito fights to survive, he discovers that his iron frame is not merely a desperate repair—it may be the prototype of a new breed of warriors. With Grandpa Gen as his unlikely companion, Kaito must travel toward the mysterious Iron Valley and uncover the truth behind the Shogun's experiments, the strange metal inside his body, and the terrifying purpose for which he was created. The more Kaito learns about his iron body, the more dangerous his journey becomes. He may have survived death, but becoming something beyond human could cost him the last part of himself.

For two long years, Caleb Hayes was the obedient, silent son-in-law everyone walked over. To save his father’s failing business, Caleb agreed to a contract marriage with Chloe Lincoln, secretly running her family's firm behind the scenes and turning it into a top-tier empire. All they promised him was a small branch company after two years, but on the exact day his contract ends, Chloe hands him a divorce decree and throws him out into the street without a single cent. When Caleb turns to his own family for help, his father and stepmother disown him, completely forgetting he ruined his life to save theirs. Broken and alone, Caleb receives an urgent call from an elite law firm revealing that his late mother left him an untouchable offshore fund worth tens of billions that just matured on his birthday. Three months later, as the Lincoln family business falls into complete chaos without Caleb's secret guidance, the board of directors fires the CEO and sells controlling shares to a mysterious investment group. On the day of the takeover, the new CEO steps out of his luxury sedan to take over the building, Chloe, her family, and the entire board are paralyzed with shock to see the useless man they discarded standing before them as their new boss. Calab Hayes is Back.

In a galaxy governed by the Universal Ranking System, power is quantified, and destiny is dictated by an omnipotent algorithm. Every being, from the lowliest drone to the most elite warrior, is assigned a rank that determines their worth, access, and fate. For centuries, the system has maintained order but now, it’s breaking down. Kael Arvid, a disgraced pilot turned rogue hacker, lives in the shadow of his former rank. Once a rising star in the Interstellar Fleet, Kael was stripped of his status after a catastrophic mission that left him questioning the system’s integrity. When he stumbles upon a hidden code buried deep within the algorithm a code that could dismantle the entire hierarchy—he becomes the most wanted man in the galaxy. Pursued by the ruthless Ascendancy Corps, Kael must forge uneasy alliances with outcasts, rebels, and rogue AIs who have their own reasons for wanting the system destroyed. But as Kael delves deeper into the code, he uncovers a chilling truth: the system isn’t just ranking lives it’s controlling them. And it has a plan for Kael that could either save the galaxy or doom it forever. As the ranking system spirals into chaos, Kael must decide whether to destroy the algorithm, seize control of it, or transcend it entirely. In a universe where every choice is quantified, Kael’s defiance could spark a revolution—or ignite a war that will consume the stars.

Marcus Griffin was nothing but a joke at Elite-Star University. A poor scholarship student forced to scrub floors, run errands, and bow his head to billionaire heirs, campus royalty, and the daughter of a feared professor. He endured every insult for one reason—survival. Even the girl he loved treated him like a stepping stone to something better. Then, in a single day, everything was taken from him. Public betrayal. Public humiliation. His girlfriend accepted another man’s proposal in front of the entire class. His scholarship was revoked. His expulsion announced. His life erased. But as Marcus ran with nothing left to lose, the truth found him. He was never poor. He was never weak. He was the sole heir to the Griffin Empire—a hidden power controlling unimaginable wealth, corporations, and global influence. With one phone call, fortunes shifted. With one card, rules were rewritten. Marcus returned to campus quietly… patiently. Let them mock him again. Let them underestimate him. Behind the scenes, he dismantled empires, exposed corruption, ruined billionaires, and turned enemies into kneeling wrecks. From boardrooms to car shows, from classrooms to global markets, his revenge was precise, merciless, and absolute. They laughed at a pauper. They created a ruler.

"Yesterday, I was a bug you could crush. Today, I am the bank that owns your soul." For five years, Qin Ming was the joke of Hanhai City—the "Living Door Mat" of the Lin family. He endured the insults of his mother-in-law and the physical torment of his boss, Chu Haoran, all while secretly using his genius to build his wife's company, into a billion-dollar empire. But on their fifth anniversary, the betrayal is absolute. His wife, Lin Xinyi, reveals she was only using his "Dragon Blood" to stay young, and with her ex-lover Chu Haoran, she shoots Qin Ming and tosses him into the ocean. As he sinks, his blood hits the family's "Dragon-Vault Seal." In a single, world-shaking moment, the Dragon God System doesn't just wake up—it liquidates the ancient hidden reserves of the world's 1,000 largest sects. In less than twenty-four hours, the System transfers every cent of stolen "Spirit Wealth" into his account. Now he's the one controlling the universe, everyone operates on borrowed time. And Qin Ming is here to collect. He buys out solar systems, turns apocalyptic attacks into tax write-offs, and bankrupts cosmic empires with a single click. They thought they owned the world. But in Qin Ming’s eyes, the entire multiverse is just a debt waiting to be liquidated. Pay up, or get erased.

When the Gate Event tears the sky apart, monsters, dungeons, and a mysterious System descend upon the modern world. Every surviving human awakens with a Class, and while Warriors, Mages, and Rangers are celebrated as humanity's new hope, Kade Ferris receives the one class nobody wants: Scavenger. With no combat skills and no stat bonuses, Kade is mocked, abandoned, and written off as useless. But Kade soon discovers that Scavenger is not truly a weak class. It can salvage damaged weapons, discarded skills, and broken abilities, then combine them into something entirely new. What begins as a desperate attempt to survive becomes an impossible path to power. As Kade turns discarded fragments into increasingly powerful abilities, he discovers that his class can do something the System was never designed to allow: break its own rules. But his growing power attracts the attention of powerful factions, dangerous monsters, and a mysterious entity lurking beyond the Regional Rift. While everyone struggles to understand what Kade is becoming, he must uncover the truth behind the Gate Event before the force controlling it destroys what remains of the world. They called him the worst class. They abandoned him to die. Now Kade is about to show them what happens when the world's greatest mistake learns how to evolve.

Edmund Thorne has spent three years living as a forgotten man. By day, he parks luxury cars for billionaires who treat him like dirt. By night, he endures endless humiliation from the wealthy family of his beloved wife, Rosalind, who believe she ruined her future by marrying a poor valet. Everything changes on one disastrous evening when Rosalind’s parents invite a powerful heir to replace Edmund as her husband. Thrown out of their mansion, branded worthless, and separated from the woman he loves, Edmund receives a call that shatters his world. His estranged father has died, leaving him the controlling heir of Thorne Global Holdings, one of the most powerful business empires in America. As enemies who once mocked him suddenly bow, Edmund discovers his inheritance comes with a deadly conspiracy. A ruthless billionaire has spent years plotting to seize the Thorne empire, while the same family that destroyed his marriage will stop at nothing to protect their greed. Even worse, Rosalind becomes a pawn in a dangerous game of wealth, power, and betrayal. Now Edmund must reclaim his wife, expose the people who framed him, and prove that the man they threw away is the one capable of bringing an empire to its knees. Revenge is coming, and this time, mercy is no longer an option This book is mainly a work of fiction. Do not imitate in real life.