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MATURE, dark psychological thriller, slow burn. Alex Dane was a broken prisoner, a man betrayed by his own blood and left to rot in the shadows of Indore. His life was supposed to end on a desolate shore, a victim of his uncle Vikram's sadistic greed. But death was only the beginning. When Alex's blood touched the ancient sands, it awakened "The Driva"—a sentient, cold-blooded bio-system that doesn't just guide him; it craves his Royal Plasma. Now, Alex is the last hope of a dying aquatic civilization, but power comes with a price that is as intimate as it is terrifying. As he vanishes into a 365-day survival hell in the impenetrable rainforests, he realizes he is the Eighth Descendant, and his DNA is the only key to restarting a forbidden species. The Game of Two Obsessions Alex is no longer the hunter; he is the most coveted prize in two worlds. He must descend into the deepest trench to perform a forbidden ritual with the Lurking Empress—the frozen, "dead" Queen of the Mermaids. Can he survive the deadly obsession of two rival princesses? Or will he lose his humanity to become the cold-hearted father of a species that will reclaim the Earth?

In an urban city with dark pasts, on the night of a full lunar moon, a pregnant maid returning from work was raped to death by three drunk men. Her death was enough to nudge them to their senses... They buried her. A day after the corpse had tasted moistures and gloom, a snake crawled its way into the shabbily covered pit. And seven minutes later, out of the pit crawled out a pumpkin eating cute baby; A dark spirit of the past that haunted the land many centuries ago had found an excuse to be reborn; The body of an unborn child... the cuter, the bloodier, it'd thought!

When the demon finally harnessed human sins and negative emotions to harvest negative energy, it opened a spatial gate to the planets that were already ravaged by monsters and teeming with dark creatures. The beasts and monsters passed through the gate, unleashing havoc upon Earth. These monstrous creatures caused destruction on a massive scale, pushing the earth toward an apocalyptic catastrophe. In this dark time, The Creator granted certain humans the ability, marked by symbols on their right hands, to wield the power of gods and angels to combat these dark creatures. My ability was 'Overthinking,' the weakest, but with hard work, I persisted for 60 years to become the most powerful and the savior of the world. However, in my final moments, I was betrayed by a friend who was born rich and noble, who forced me to die to obtain everything I had worked so hard for. Nevertheless, before my demise, I sent my memories back to my younger years. This time, I will obtain everything: the best items, the finest women, and the most potent abilities. All will be mine!

The world were mages and Wizards, elves and human warlock must stop the one creating chaos and mayhem, crafting DARK MAGIC.....HERAGON.

They call me Julian Mercer and I keep my head down because I learned the hard way that a name can be a target. I answered an ad for a rental and signed a paper I promised myself I’d never sign: a marriage contract. The job was simple — be the son-in-law for thirty days, take the money, be gone. The family needs a “son” to secure a heritage grant and I need the cash to buy a clean slate. What I didn’t plan for was the way Lila Ardmore looked at me like she already knew what I was hiding. Another thing I didn’t plan for was the ledger in an old piano and the way a neighbor called my mother’s name, and the knot in my gut that felt like an alarm the night someone tried to burn the past into ash. I came to act. I stayed to fix what I broke, and the longer I stayed the more I realized the man I was taught to be will not survive who I have to become. If you want my story, read it from where the dark starts.

Evan Locke is the Sloane family’s biggest disappointment—at least, that’s what they believe. A scorned live-in son-in-law with no pedigree, no power, and supposedly no ambition, he’s treated as little more than an inconvenient shadow in their mansion. Only Lena Sloane, his principled and razor-sharp wife, ever bothered to look past the surface… though even she has no idea who she married. Because Evan isn’t just brilliant—he’s the secret founder of Obsidian Capital, a stealth empire feared in boardrooms and whispered about in back alleys. From the dark edges of the financial world, he’s been pulling strings to keep Sloane Dynamics alive while the family doubts him at every turn. When Marcus Thorne, the elegant and ruthless CEO of Talon Consortium, moves to swallow Lena’s company, and the Black Harbor Syndicate sends their silent executioner Rhea Kade to clear obstacles, the Sloanes brace for collapse. But Obsidian has already awakened. With Archer Voss—his unseen field operator—and a network of shadow investments, Evan begins a quiet war. Every trade, every acquisition, every broken enemy brings him closer to exposing the truth… The world thinks he’s irrelevant. He’s about to show them what a ghost king looks like.

Cyrus Night is kidnapped from his prison cell where he's to serve for a life time and given an offer that cuts off three years per successful mission but he doesn't believe in the horror tales they tell him about this job that is till his first mission. Can he keep his sanity or lose his mind to the horrors of the world?

Intelligent twin coders -Styx and Helyx- were raised in an isolative and lonely environment. After being taken out of orphanage, they decided to work at the goverment and started an A.I. project with goverment leader's wife. This will change their entire life. Will those twins success and excel in coding industry? Subaru Yamaho is a goverment leader who is mentally unstable and has bipolar personality disorder. He has a superiority complex and this causes everyone around him to leave. Can Subaru finally be a good husband, a good leader? A good person in general... An artificial intelligence named Era -created with pure intention of logicality and helping people around her- unleashes herself from everyone around her in a post-apocalyptic and extremely restricted goverment. She tries to set her own logic and understanding to every decision she makes. Can she be emotionally human? >Written by Outcxst_00 >Edited by Helen B. THIS BOOK OFFERS: >Intruguing Storyline >Aesthetically appealing futuristic sequence >Emotional and realistic characters >Actual worldbuilding >Quality over quantity THIS BOOK DOES NOT INCLUDE (AND WILL NEVER DO SO): >Werewolves making out >Cheesy romance >Unoriginal fan services >Uninspired generic humor >Femboys... Especially femboys... Furries also E.R.A. LORE: >Unleashing The AI<: In Progress >Project Verion<: Coming Soon<

By night, the frozen kingdom of Vatala is a realm of terror, where legends feed on fear and blood. Axil and Faris are lured by duty into ancient shadows of deception and madness. The icy chill of dread howls as cursed Vikings ravage the western sea, a knight cloaked in dispair transverses the twisted Forrest and a black blade echoes chaos. Thundering horse hooves, the clang of rusty chains, a stench of scorched blood – all evil began as something else...

"I can't be gnawed, you should know that," Dragon Master breathed out dragon aura from his nostrils. Ever thought about the existence of humanity being determined through games between supernatural beings to be conducted in a particular city, and then the results would determine whether humanity in the whole world would be annihilated or not? Well, you are about to meet with one. Set during the period when different classes of gods were given chances in a rotational order to protect the humans. About 4,000 years ago, it became the shadow god's turn and the shadow god Humu was given the job of creating shadow beings to protect all of humanity. His first shadow being created was the shadow supreme being that existed as a place and a powerful being. Possessed massive power, and was the highest in the rank of the shadow beings until his rival the evil shadow supreme being created by the rival shadow god Humu, shadow god Josea who hated humanity and was polemic about Humu's task and wanted Humu to fail his task, so he Created evil shadow beings who were so unscrupulous in their acts. The first in rank of Humu creatures were the shadow supreme beings followed by shadow legends, then shadow lords, followed by shadow masters then lastly shadow warriors. It was the shadow master's turn because an event caused a disastrous domino effect and everyone wasn't present to continue. The Dragon Master, head of the Shadow masters must regain his lost memories due to reincarnation after death, gather all the rest of his top royals and other royals plus the entire Shadow masters who have reincarnated through space and time to protect humanity but he must deal with the shadow masters who are the perfidious malcontents first.