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From Erwin Wickison I never asked to be here. One moment I was living my life, and the next I was dragged—along with millions of others—into a place ruled by a system that treats us like pieces on a board. Every Game is built to break something, whether it’s a body, a mind, or the small parts of myself I keep pretending are “good.” I’ve watched people die. I’ve watched people change. And I know I’m changing too. I just hope there’s something human left in me by the end… if there’s even an end. WARNING. This book contains smut, psychological decay, moral collapse, human intimacy twisted into survival, and a variety of horrors that do not wait for your permission before sinking into your mind. It will not hold your hand. It will not apologize. And it will not stop once you open it. If you continue, you’re choosing to step into a sequence of events designed to peel apart the comfortable assumptions you rely on to feel “safe.” Some of you will be fascinated. Some of you will be disturbed. Most of you will not remain the same. I’m not here to reassure you. I’m only here to tell you one thing: Whatever you think this is, whatever you think you know… you don’t. And once you begin, you can’t go back. — Welcome to the Games

[DING!] MY ULTIMATE TOUCH-TO-WEALTH SYSTEM ACTIVATED! Betrayed by his girlfriend. Fired by his boss. Left to die by the very man who stole the woman he loved. Jay Wayne had hit rock bottom. But just as death reached for him, a mysterious system awakened inside his mind. [SYSTEM BOUND SUCCESSFULLY!] [Touch a valuable item. Receive cash equal to its value.] [Fail to use the System for one day. Lose years of your lifespan.] Suddenly, everything changed. One touch could turn a worthless nobody into a millionaire. A luxury watch could fill his bank account. A supercar could make him richer than people who had spent their entire lives chasing money. For the first time, Jay had the power to rise above everyone who had humiliated him. And he intended to make them regret every second of it. The girlfriend who abandoned him for a richer man. The ruthless rival who left him to die. The businessmen who once looked down on him. Soon, they would all discover what happened when the man they despised became someone they could no longer afford to offend. But Jay’s newfound fortune came with a terrifying price. The System demanded to be used every single day. No matter how rich he became, he could never afford to stop. Every day brought new opportunities to build his empire, new enemies determined to bring him down, and new mysteries surrounding the power changing his life. How far could Jay climb with a system that turned every touch into wealth? Could he crush everyone who betrayed him before they destroyed him? And what was the System hiding behind its promise of unlimited riches? Jay Wayne was about to discover that becoming a billionaire was only the beginning.

Adrian Kaine was once the deadliest operative in Shadow Unit, a black-ops division buried so deep in the government that most agents never lived long enough to speak of it. But when a mission in Kargath Province turned into a massacre, Adrian became the sole survivor, then the government’s most wanted traitor. His squad was slaughtered. Evidence was planted. His name was erased. And those who orchestrated the betrayal made sure he was declared dead. They miscalculated. Eighteen months later, Adrian resurfaces as a ghost in the ruins of his old headquarters, hunting for the truth buried beneath the ashes. But he is not the only one searching. Marcus Hale, his former teammate and supposed friend, now leads a covert kill team tasked with eliminating him. Above Marcus sits Colonel Mason Kade, the official who signed the order that condemned Adrian’s entire squad. And watching all of them from the shadows is a faceless mastermind known only by a single encrypted codename: Cipher. As Adrian follows a trail of classified leaks, dead operatives, and impossible coincidences, he uncovers a horrifying secret: a covert plan known as the Ashen Protocol, designed to rewrite the balance of global power—using bodies like his as the foundation stones. But the deeper he digs, the more the truth twists around him. Old allies hide new agendas. Enemies speak with familiar voices. And the real traitor may be closer than he has ever imagined. Hunted by governments, mercenaries, and a ghost from his past, Adrian must become something colder than a soldier and deadlier than a weapon. He must become the nightmare they tried to bury. And this time… he’s not the one running.

After a night of passion, Ava wakes up to a harsh reality: the man who deflowered her, Dave, appears to be nothing more than a shameless braggart and pauper! Disappointment and anger fill her heart as she realizes the man she gave herself to is not the billionaire she dreamed of, but a nobody also despised by everyone around her. Dave, ostracized and ridiculed by Ava and her elite circle, quietly endures the scorn and chooses to remain incognito while secretly managing his vast empire. In a series of unexpected events, what happens when Dave's real identity as the most powerful and wealthiest billionaire is revealed?

Thrown into a savage world with nothing but a tattered tunic, a rusty sword, and a mysterious RPG-like Character Sheet, Rob must fight, bleed, and survive to uncover the secrets of Ixatan. Every step brings death, disease, and monsters that defy imagination—and each victory comes at a painful cost. With his strength, wits, and will tested to the breaking point, Rob must learn fast: in a land where life is measured in Levels, only the relentless survive… and even then, the true battle may be within.

In the depths of the Silent Dungeon, the monsters don't kill you—they become you. Rhael Dorne enters the abyss with a veteran survivor, only to realize the shadows are learning their faces, their voices, and their secrets. When a perfect double is discovered among them, trust evaporates. But the nightmare truly begins when the copy points its finger at Rhael, claiming he is the monster.

Raka thought hitting rock bottom meant bankruptcy. Then he became a "contract husband" to the elite, a world of glittering lies and empty smiles. But when his clients' pasts hint at faked deaths and sinister financial schemes, he realizes he's not just playing a role—he's a pawn in a deadly game. Trapped between a powerful, enigmatic lawyer and dangerous socialites, Raka must uncover the truth before he becomes the next victim. Will he expose the conspiracy and risk everything, or succumb to the allure of the darkness that surrounds him? In a world where love is a contract and death is a convenience, some secrets are worth killing for.

They called Jace Vance the perfect husband—a brilliant scientist who abandoned his groundbreaking career to become the devoted house husband, as his wife, Clara, demanded. For six years, he poured every ounce of his soul into his family, nurturing their sickly daughter, Daisy, while Clara built her empire. He believed his sacrifice was for love. He was wrong. That was the day Jace Vance stopped being Mr. Nice Guy. The man who emerges from the ashes of his broken life is a different beast—a ruthless genius with nothing left to lose. He will return to the world that once praised him, not for fame or wealth, but for a vengeance that will make Clara and Mason regret they ever underestimated a father’s love. The question is no longer if he will win, but how much of their world he will burn to the ground before he does.

Every Divine Contract comes with a debt. When it can no longer be paid, angelic Collectors descend, claim the contractor's soul, and leave behind nothing but a mindless Default. Fifteen years ago, Aeron Cross watched his parents get Collected. Since then he has lived for one purpose: to grow strong enough to kill what should never be able to die. He never gets the chance. A breach the Accord should have stopped tears through Sector 9, and Aeron becomes one more soul dragged out of a fleeing crowd. On another world, in the same second, Kai Osei, the greatest chess mind alive, collapses at the board moments after winning the World Championship. His whole life was spent finding the one weakness his opponents never saw until it was too late. Something reaches across the dark and moves a piece. The two deaths collide, and it isn't Aeron who opens his eyes. Kai doesn't know this world's rules. He doesn't need to. He can see them: every Contract is a position, every debt a price someone agreed to without checking the math, every god's certainty the one assumption nobody ever tested. But the body he wears still burns for a revenge that isn't his. Kai wants only one thing: to get home to his sister. Whatever dragged him here wants something else entirely. He stops asking how to survive this world. He starts asking who taught the gods they'd never have to lose.

After 500 years of imprisonment, the legendary Rune Knight Roric awakens to find himself in the body of Kaelen Thorne, a low-born and untalented fighter at the Lyra Military Academy. Betrayed and sealed away in the abyss, Roric is shocked to discover that the world of rune magic has regressed, with many of his ancient techniques now forgotten. Forced to hide his true identity, Roric must navigate the cutthroat politics of the academy while inhabiting a body cursed with a weak spirit and a reputation for cowardice. As he begins to regain his former power, he uncovers a deeper conspiracy—a stagnation of magic that hints at the very forces that betrayed him centuries ago. To survive the academy's relentless bullies, reclaim his lost strength, and unravel the truth behind his imprisonment, and exact his revenge. Roric must master a world that has forgotten its own history.