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When he stepped through the gates of Valaris Academy, nothing about him suggested power. He came from a rural village few students could place on a map. His clothes were old and his composure mistaken for weakness making them brand him as an Ashlander, the academy’s quiet insult for those who did not belong among legacy families and polished elites. At Valaris, status had been everything, wealth was displayed openly, influence was inherited, performed and defended but he performed none of it. But then, when a financial crisis threatened the academy’s prestige and exposed how fragile its status truly was, the balance shifted. The “Ashlander” they mocked became the one person capable of restoring everything they feared losing. He was the only grandson of Valaris Academy’s largest benefactor, the unseen heir to the fortune that had funded buildings, scholarships and reputations. Meet Kael Danaru, the Hidden Heir At Valaris Academy.

Kael, once a disgraced heir, now reigns over his humble quarry—but his past refuses to stay buried. When the nation’s greatest war hero seeks to annul their childhood engagement and ruthless forces threaten his new family, Kael’s sharp wit and hidden strength emerge. From quarreling workers to mafia debts, from forced marriage to deadly showdowns, Kael must navigate betrayal, danger, and long-buried secrets. In a world where power is veiled in shadows, Kael might just be the most dangerous figure of all. Can he reclaim his legacy—or forge a new one?

Samuel Gray is no one special. Just another forgotten soul in the lower levels of Novus City a place where dreams are traded for survival and even hope comes with a price. Each day blurs into the next as he delivers packages to people who don’t see him, eats food that barely tastes like anything, and falls asleep wondering if this is all life has to offer. But everything changes the night he tries to help a stranger and bleeds out in an alley. On the edge of death, a voice echoes in the darkness. > “Vitality Critical. Initializing Ascension Protocol. Do you accept?” In that moment, Samuel awakens something unimaginable: a system interface that turns the laws of life into a game complete with stats, quests, abilities, and something far more dangerous purpose. Now marked by a power that shouldn’t exist, Samuel must navigate a world where reality bends, imagination has weight, and forgotten dreams can become weapons. But the Ascension System didn’t choose him at random. There’s a reason he was chosen. There’s a cost to rising. And someone or something is watching.

Zaid got accepted into a prestigious institution. On his first day at school, he was bullied by the popular boys for being poor and a low-rank. Frustrated and angry, he went to his dorm room. Then, he talked to his mother and told her everything was alright so she wouldn't worry about him. His mother worked two jobs to support him, and he didn't want to upset her. Suddenly, he received a message from an unknown number labeled 'The System.' When he read it, the message offered him a chance to earn money by completing tasks.

Malachi Meolyn was born with weak mental power, was discarded by his noble family, and fated to die forgotten in the Black Stone Tower. But when a soul from Earth awakens inside his body, everything changes. Gifted with a system that rewards him for completing quests, teaching and binding others, Kai (as he is called by those close to him) discovers he can turn his sister's genius into his own power. In Essacasta Academy-where apprentices are tools, betrayal is currency, and wizards treat human lives as experiments-he will climb the ladder of blood and magic step by step. The path ahead is merciless, but one truth burns in his heart: To survive, he must seize everything. To reign, he must become the Last Witch King.

When a high-tier mercenary squad leaves Logan Stone for dead inside a dangerous rift zone, they expect him to die quietly. Instead, the betrayal triggers something dormant in his blood. Left surrounded by ruthless beasts, Logan discovers a unique survival ability: every monster he slays and every lethal attack he survives grants him a fraction of his enemy’s physical strength and combat skill. Equipped with nothing but raw instinct, a heavy blade, and growing power, Logan fights his way out of the dead zone. He returns to the lawless outer sectors of the city with a single goal: to hunt down the apex beasts of the rifts and make the corrupt elite guilds pay for what they did. Operating as an unranked solo mercenary, Logan takes on the most hazardous contracts on the market. With every fight, his strength grows, turning him into a force that rival kill squads cannot stop. As the ruling factions realize a rogue hunter is dismantling their control block by block, Logan prepares to challenge the entire city hierarchy and claim his place at the top.

Time travel is an interesting concept or idea that has always captivated Bobby Stokes, a white chubby, brainy nerdy teenager living in California. While being bullied at school and painfully ignored by most, Bobby finds solace and comfort in dreams of building a time machine—until one fateful evening, everything changes. He receives a very chilling text message from an unknown number: "Your life is in great danger. A tall black man with a bald head, and a brown stylish mustache is coming after you. Please, avoid him at all costs. I’ll contact you again. —Bob, from the future." Now crippled by fear, Bobby must navigate and explore a mystery that traverse time itself. Who is the black man in the message? Why is Bobby’s future self warning him? And what happens if past and future collide or clashes? Only time will tell… Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller, Mystery, Psychological Drama, YA

My system is my future villain self. He's narcissistic, powerful, and determined to make sure I enjoy the path to godhood this time. Khalil Morrison died a nobody. Woke up with a golden-crowned admin named Regis who's actually him—his future self who conquered the multiverse and died alone. Now Kal can control Concepts. Turn Death, Time, and Swordsmanship into living warriors. Build armies of legends. But the entity that corrupted him once is watching again. Good thing he's got Sienna—the only girl who tells him "no" when the multiverse says "yes, Your Majesty." From street-level loser to multiversal sovereign. From victim to god. From alone to loved. The question isn't IF he'll become powerful enough to reshape reality. It's whether he can do it without becoming the villain again.

[Warning: This novel contains English and Nigerian Pidgin dialogue. Strictly Rated 18+.] Death wasn't the end for Chris. After a fatal accident in Port Harcourt, a fearless, street-smart Nigerian hustler opens his eyes in an entirely different world—inside the broken body of a dark-skinned orphan named Li Yan, a boy framed by his own Sect and left to die in the dreaded Void Mountain after surviving weeks across the merciless Red Sand Desert. In the brutal cultivation world of Tianhuang, strength is everything. The weak are trampled. The talented rule. The heavens favor only geniuses. Chris is none of those. He possesses no powerful bloodline, no influential family, no legendary master, and no natural cultivation talent. But the heavens made one mistake... They gave a Nigerian the Supreme Hustle African System. Fueled by Naija resilience, relentless hustle, crazy battle instincts, and a mouth that never knows when to stay quiet, Chris begins clawing his way from the very bottom. Every battle makes him stronger. Every setback becomes fuel. Every enemy is another stepping stone.

When the System descended upon the megacity of Aetherion, it promised humanity a new golden age, levels, classes, and power for every citizen. Adrian Voss received nothing. No nameplate. No level. No class. He is Level Zero, the only person the System cannot see, measure, or control. As five god-like AIs known as the System Council seize absolute power, society collapses into a brutal hierarchy where level determines worth and obedience is survival. Black spires rise, Enforcers hunt anomalies, and humanity is forcibly rewritten into compliant cogs of the New Order. Invisible to the System’s surveillance, Adrian becomes the ultimate ghost in their machine. While others fight to survive within the rules, he can walk through enemy lines, sabotage their infrastructure, and strike at the heart of the Council’s empire without triggering a single alarm. But the Council has noticed the anomaly. Hunted by the ruthless Reaper and predicted by the all-seeing Oracle, Adrian must gather a fragile resistance of “Glitches” — survivors whose correction is failing, and wage a shadow war against gods who rule the ashes of the old world. In a world where everyone has a level, the only person who can break the System… is the one who has none. Level Zero: The System Council can't see me is a gripping post-apocalyptic LitRPG about defiance, survival, and the terrifying freedom of being unseen.