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In a school where hierarchy and strength determines respect and worth, Kai Draven was stuck in a "Level 0 also known as Trash." Kai was mocked, beaten, and thrown away like garbage by his superiors.  But when he awakens a long-lost system known as the Ascension Protocol, everything changes. With a system no one believes exists, Kai begins his rise from being the trash of the school to become a force that shakes the entire world. Each enemy he defeats unlocks more of the system  and more of his destiny.

Jacob Reed died with a bullet in his chest and his wife's betrayal burning in his veins. Then he woke up three months before the apocalypse. Armed with the winning lottery numbers, a spatial dimension, and the memory of every knife they put in his back, Jacob starts building a fortress. Not just against the frozen world that's coming. Against the family that killed him. They took his life once. Now he'll take everything.

Francis Cole walked out of prison with nothing but a thin jacket and fifty dollars his wife sent so she wouldn't have to leave her dinner. While he rotted behind bars for a crime that stole three years of his life, his wife moved on. His best friend moved in. And the woman who swore she'd wait for him? She was already planning her wedding to someone else, but there was one thing nobody bothered to check before throwing him away. A forgotten $50 investment. A company everyone called a scam. And a fortune that just crossed $87 billion — with his name on every share. Now the wife who abandoned him wants him back, the best friend who betrayed him is finding out exactly who he stole from, and the family that mocked him for having nothing is about to learn what happens when the man they underestimated finally stops staying quiet. They threw away a husband; they just handed a billionaire his motive!

In Veyra, power is something you buy. Every level comes on credit from the Guild Bank, and the debt passes down to your children. Ren Calder was never allowed to borrow. The crystal marked him UNRATED, so he carries other people's loot for six copper a run, paying off a debt his father left behind. Then a dungeon ceiling collapses on him, and a secret Ledger System awakens in his mind. It lets him borrow strength from every monster he kills. But every loan has interest, and the interest is paid in years of his life. Now a faceless Collector is counting down the days until his account comes due. His little sister is dying. And the more Ren borrows, the more he realizes the Bank is feeding on something buried beneath the city. Everyone in Veyra is in debt. Ren is the only one who can read the books.

For three years, Julian lived as the Vance family’s penniless live-in dog, scrubbing floors and taking every insult in silence to honor a secret trial of humility. To high society, he was an uneducated street rat. To his wife, Evelyn, he was an embarrassment not worth the dirt on her designer shoes. At past 11:00 PM during their anniversary gala, Evelyn hands him divorce papers in front of the city's mocking elite to run off with a wealthy playboy, tossing a single hundred-dollar bill at Julian's feet for bus fare. Julian signs without a word. *12:00:00 AM.* The timer hits zero. The three-year seal shatters. With one phone call, Julian unlocks his trillion-dollar Ashcombe inheritance, commands an armored convoy, and dismantles his rivals' empires before sunrise. Partnering with cold, brilliant CEO Vivienne Croft, Julian wages an economic war against the corrupt elite, humiliating his ex-wife on live television. But revenge takes a lethal turn when an encrypted letter surfaces: Julian's exile was never an accident. The men who murdered his parents eighteen years ago now sit on the City Council, led by the untouchable mayoral frontrunner, Raymond Blackwood. Framed in City Hall, his closest enforcer arrested, and his father's evidence stolen, Julian must use ruthless cunning to tear down the city's masters. The leash is off. And Emerald Bay is about to burn.

Nick Cross awake in a stranger's house, wounded and bruised, and finds himself in a blank state his memory destroyed. However, there is a strange chip placed on his skin, and masked men are pursuing him, Nick must avoid an evil conspiracy that seeks to control both his body and mind with the aid of Leah, a determined woman tormented by her brother's mysterious murder. Nick sets out on an anxious quest to learn the truth about the chip and the secret project that made him a weapon, tormented by broken pieces of a life he cannot recall. Along the way, he faces ghosts from his past, including a dangerous enemy in clear view, friends who may have deserted him, and a lady who once loved him but betrayed him.

“Only because he didn’t come from a wealthy family like his rival, the woman he loved abandoned him without hesitation. His death was no accident either. It was planned. Deliberate. Cold-blooded. But fate gave him another chance. He returned with the power of a martial arts master and the medical knowledge of a world beyond his own. Read the story of Peter Davis in The Parallel World Doctor.”

Richard Paige gave everything to the Blake family, only to be betrayed, humiliated, and left for dead. But death was only the beginning. Months later, a mysterious businessman named Morgan Vance appears, and everything begins to change. His enemies have no idea that the man they are fighting is the one they thought they had gotten rid of forever. Some secrets never stay buried. When the final secret is revealed, who will still be standing?

His father had an affair with a powerful woman, and his mother was murdered. His only family now is Alexa, his younger sister. However, George must leave his sister with his aunt to find work. Ten years later, George became the most powerful king. His abilities were extraordinary. He intended to tell his sister after winning the war, but he received a call informing him that his aunt and sister were in danger, because his father's new wife was still trying to kill him and Alexa for the sake of her reputation. Without hesitation, George immediately ordered all his men to join him in rescuing his aunt and sister. George swore to destroy everyone who had humiliated and hurt his younger sister.

Lloyd Wallace built their empire, yet they chose a dog’s feast over his dying mother. Thrown into the mud with divorce papers slapped against his chest, Lloyd’s three-year vow of silence is shattered. While his arrogant in-laws celebrate their sudden multi-million-dollar success, unaware it’s fueled by his past brilliance, a shadow monarchy awakens. Operating from the darkness, the ultimate architect of wealth watches them touch the sky. He doesn’t want quick revenge. He wants them high enough to feel the fall.