Crime

In a broken world ruled by black markets and encrypted crime, power comes from an illegal neural chip called QUANTUM. LeRoy Annan installs a low-tier chip to escape poverty and protect his family, knowing it could kill him or turn him into a feral monster. Instead, it pulls him into a brutal system of criminal contracts, gang wars, and high-stakes combat where every mission upgrades his body—and every failure costs blood. As gangs rise, allies fall, and the system reveals its darker purpose, LeRoy must decide how far he’s willing to go to level up in a world where survival is the only rule.

Damien Cross married into the Sterling family believing in love, but they only saw him as weak and useless. Humiliated, betrayed, and framed for a crime he didn’t commit, he lost everything overnight, his marriage, his dignity, and the home he once called his own. What they never knew was that Damien Cross was never ordinary. He is the hidden heir to a global billionaire empire, and now he has returned to the world he once left behind. This time, he will not forgive. He will not beg. He will rise… and the family who cast him aside will soon realize that the man they called worthless is the most dangerous enemy they could have ever made.

Elias Cross was only nineteen when his life was stolen. Recruited for a robbery rigged to fail, he was abandoned at the scene as police swarmed, left to take the fall for a crime he didn’t plan. He was served thirty years but Elias refused to settle. Outside, Marcus the man who destroyed his life thrived, convinced his control was absolute but Elias escaped after five years and he returned not as a pawn, but as a storm waiting to strike. A high-stakes hijacking presents the perfect opportunity for the reckoning he’s been planning for years. What Marcus never realized is that the loyalty he demanded could be turned into a weapon. And this time, the one he thought he controlled holds all the cards.

Elian Athen gave up everything to integrity—his life, his sweat, his time. And yet while his friends grew rich by deceit and faceless crime, he lost everything. His children and wife deserted him, his friends mocked him, and society condemned him as a failure. But when the System of Betrayal and Integrity is awakened in him, Elian has the chance to rise. With every betrayal, he grows stronger. With every injustice, a mission. From the ruins of his former life, he must climb—one mission, one triumph, one truth at a time—until the world that once spewed on him bows at his feet. This is the story of the professional left behind by everyone… but chosen by the System. ---

In Halcyon, every crime hides a code. Adrian Cross, a disgraced cryptanalyst, wanted nothing more than to fade into obscurity. But when a string of murders leaves cryptic puzzles etched into the city’s walls, he’s pulled into a deadly game only he can solve. Partnered with Detective Iris Navarro, Adrian unravels a web of secrets spanning law enforcement, corporate power, and his own past. Each cipher cracked saves a life—but also reveals another victim. As the bodies pile up and the codes point closer to Adrian’s family, he realizes the truth: The city itself is a message. And decoding it may cost him everything. In Halcyon, knowledge isn’t just power—it’s survival.

Nathan has spent the last five years trying to leave his past behind. Once an elite operative of The Oath, a secret organization controlling world events from the shadows, he walked away, seeking peace. But one night, he wakes up in a bloodstained room with no memory of the last 48 hours—only to find himself branded as a terrorist and the target of a nationwide manhunt. On the run and unsure if he truly committed the crime, Nathan turns to Riley, a skilled underground hacker, for help. As they dig deeper, they uncover a terrifying truth—his memories have been altered. Clues left behind by Elias Graves reveal that Nathan once broke his unbreakable oath to the organization, but someone wiped his mind to keep him from remembering why. The conspiracy leads to Julian, Nathan’s former best friend, who is orchestrating a global web of deception built on manufactured threats and lies. Determined to uncover the truth, Nathan infiltrates The Oath’s headquarters for a final confrontation with Julian. But the shocking revelation leaves him shattered—Nathan wasn’t framed. He willingly took part in the crime but later chose to erase his own memory to escape the unbearable guilt. A recorded message from his past self forces him to face a critical decision: Expose Julian and bring down The Oath, risking global chaos. Take control of The Oath and become the very thing he once fought against. No matter what he chooses, the cost is high. If he exposes The Oath, the world is thrown into instability, and he is forever hunted. If he takes over, he sacrifices his own ideals, embracing the power he once rejected. In the end, as Nathan looks at his reflection, he sees Julian staring back—proof that the cycle never truly ended.

Adrian Kane was thrown into prison for a crime he didn't commit, betrayed by his foster brother and abandoned by everyone—except his wife, Elena. She sacrificed everything to stand by him, losing her family, her status, and her future. But prison wasn't Adrian's end. It was his transformation. Something happened behind those walls. Something that changed everything. Now Adrian walks free, and his foster family mocks him. His wife's relatives demand divorce. Billionaires try to humiliate him in public. They think he's still nobody. They have no idea what he's become. The KING OF KINGS has returned. And this time, everyone will pay.

The world is a jungle and only the strong survive. After being framed at work and fired on the spot for a crime he didn’t commit, Dorian is given the hard side of life yet again, but a near-death experience brings him to contact something some would refer to as a blessing and a curse. The unfair world grants him a system. One that holds endless potential if utilized well and exploited to it’s fullest potential. Dorian would have rejected it, but he’s tired of being just another player in someone else’s story, He wants to rise above. Will he be able to? Watch as Dorian surpasses expectations, and becomes the most remarkable, most awesome, and most desirable man in any space he occupies.

🏆[No.2 "Hard to Put Down" of "The Legendary Urban Man" Contest]🏆 Anthony Star has a dark secret that no one should ever find out, especially his in-laws.Everyday he’s treated worse than an infection by those around him but thanks to his wife he manages. She is his light in this cruel world but in a single day he’s shot, beaten, arrested, almost dies then finds out that his wife is missing!To save her, he returns to his past as a big-shot in the underground crime world and takes his revenge on anyone who has ever wronged him before. Welcome back Mr. Star Dust and if that wasn’t enough, he finds out the truth of who he really is. He is….

Elias Cross wanted nothing more than to disappear. Once the city’s most brilliant forensic architect, he vanished after a scandal that destroyed his career. But when an old friend turns up dead — and the body is staged inside one of Elias’s abandoned designs — he’s pulled back into a world he swore he’d left behind. Each crime scene is a building. Each building is a clue. Each clue points to an impossible blueprint for the city’s destruction. With only a reckless journalist and a washed-up detective by his side, Elias must outwit a ghostly mastermind known only as The Mason. But as the city becomes a maze of deadly puzzles, Elias discovers the final design isn’t about buildings. It’s about him.