Faking It With Damien Black

Everyone in Chicago thought Keith Cross was nothing—a discarded war hero turned human blood bank for his in-laws. His wife called him a leech, her mother demanded he donate or die, and her new lover promised to "drain him dry." But what they didn’t know? That “worthless freeloader” they mocked… was the Miracle Doctor they’d been desperately begging to save their dying son. “You think you can throw me out like trash?” Keith says with a slow, deadly smirk. “You’ve been living off my charity this entire time.” When Keith flashes his black VIP card, the world shifts. Elite restaurant managers fall to their knees. Security guards bow. And his ex-wife? She drops to the floor, begging for mercy after publicly calling him a busboy in disguise. “You said I was a blood bag,” Keith says, towering over her. “Funny. You never asked whose blood ran this city's veins.” She called him weak. He became untouchable. Now he’s back—to take everything they stole, and leave them gasping in the dust of his name.

Lucas Moreau spent three years as a live-in son-in-law to the Beaumont family — enduring daily humiliations, silent cruelties, and the slow erosion of his self-worth. When his wife, Céleste, betrays him in the most devastating way possible, Lucas walks out with nothing but his name. Or so he believes. That same night, a silver-haired man in a black Bentley finds him on the rain-slicked streets of Paris. The message is simple: Lucas's estranged grandfather, the patriarch of the Moreau dynasty — one of the oldest and wealthiest families in France — is dying, and he wants Lucas home. Armed with a centuries-old fortune, a brilliant mind sharpened by years of humiliation, and a fury that refuses to cool, Lucas does not simply reclaim his birthright. He dismantles every person who ever looked down at him — piece by piece, deal by deal, smile by cold, calculated smile. But as Lucas rises, he finds an unexpected compass in Isabelle Fontaine — a sharp-tongued master pastry chef who refuses to be impressed by wealth and sees through every one of his carefully constructed walls. In a world of glass towers and old grudges, can Lucas keep his humanity? Or will the hunger for revenge consume the one thing worth having?

"Kill it! It's a defect! A stain like that has no right to exist in our city!" I looked at the small, pathetic puddle of black ink at my feet. The High Inquisitor’s laughter echoed through the hall, followed by the mocking sneers of the elite. My family’s last hope was crushed. My rank was zero. My future was a death sentence. But as the guard’s boot came down to crush my "beast," the world went cold. "Don't," I whispered. It was too late. The shadow didn't die. It opened its mouth. One gulp. That was all it took for a Rank-B knight to vanish into the darkness. In a world where Beast Tamers are kings and ranks are law, I was born a zero. They called my summon a "Formless Blob." They sentenced us to death before we could even breathe. Little did they know, my beast isn't from this world. It doesn't have a rank because the system can't measure the Abyss. It doesn't have a limit because it grows by eating everything they hold dear. Ranks? Social status? Respect? My shadow is hungry. And today, the elites are on the menu.

Robbin Vance, a disgraced, jaded Frontier Guard Captain, just wants to quietly get through his exile. When a lonely, remote mining colony falls silent, he and the keen-eyed young scout Elaine see what their eyes couldn't believe, a creature filled with bodies, rooted standing where they fell; their bodies welded, flesh to flesh and bone to flesh, with a weeping, black iron that glows with a pale, alien light in their eyes. General Alistair Thorne and his legendary lost legions have reemerged after one thousand years dormant in the earth below. No longer entirely human, they have become living dead soldiers fighting a thousand year old war to reconquer a continent, to destroy their long-time enemy, an empire the current modern world has unwittingly reconstructed itself around. To do so, Robbin Vance will have to work with Juliana, a natural philosopher with all the keys to the past, to mount a desperate colonial resistance against the brutal, snow-stained winter, and against these ruthless champions when the old world wakes up and finishes its war. To win the war, the living must learn to strike and defend what belongs to them.

The sound of screeching tires dragged his attention and a line of at least seven exotic cars drove towards his direction. “Greetings young master Herondale!” they chorused, bowing their heads. “What?!” He asked, confused. “You've got the wrong person.” * * * * * Maltreated, insulted, humiliated, and poor, Allen Slade still hangs under the wings of his wife and her family—the same people who wouldn't hesitate to embarrass him because he has no choice. On the day of his wedding anniversary, after getting a gift for his wife with his last cash, Allen bumps into her in bed with her boss. She informs him of her engagement with her boss and chases him out to the cold street, leaving him broken and homeless. But fate has other plans. Men in black rush towards him, unveiling a whole new information. He is the heir to a vast fortune and his biological family wants him back! The once humiliated Allen Slade becomes Allen Herondale In two minutes! What happens when his ex-wife and family finds out? You guessed right. They come crawling back!!!

“Look at him. Completely useless.” Whispers spread like poison as students mocked Asta. He stood alone before the crystal ball,his palms open, waiting for his family’s legendary flame. Nothing came. “No spark. Not even rookie fire. What a joke.” Laughter rang out. “I heard he killed his mother, like, he literally ate his way out from his mothers womb like a monster!” Asta trembled. “It’s not true… I saw the man in the black cloak…” The Empress rose,her eyes cold. “You worm. No flame. No worth. Get out of my sight you disgust me.” Asta walked away through jeers, to the labor pits. An old worker whispered. “They’re blind. I see the Legendary Dragon Flame in you...sleeping deep.” Asta stared at his palm. A dark smile grew. If the old man was right… he wasn’t weak. He was the strongest. When the Dragon Flame wakes, those who laughed will kneel in ashes. Did he awaken it? Did he take revenge? Dive into the fantasy to find out.

Dive into a world where darkness reigns and a boy with lightning eyes holds the key to survival. Ten, born as the last dragon’s fire fades, wields its magical Tears, a power that lifts him skyward and shakes the earth. In the Four Kingdoms—Aethervale’s archers, Dracolys’ spellbladers, Ironcrag’s warhammers, and Starhollow’s staff-bearers ,a colossal, gorilla-like VOID unleashes lightning-fast Vocans, tearing villages apart. The dragon’s golden scales crumble, its ash whispering secrets, while Ten faces trials in the Forbidden Garden’s glowing pools, guarded by the fierce Therha. Helena, a warrior’s daughter snatched by the cunning Veyra, fights to break free, her bond with Ten sparking hope. Kenal, a traitor with a crooked smile, opens rifts with his cursed staff, serving the VOID’s dark will. As the Eternal Cave hums with ancient power, Ten’s eyes turn black, a mark tying him to the enemy. Will he save the kingdoms or fall to the VOID’s grip? With battles raging, tears falling, and a dragon’s legacy at stake, this epic tale of courage, betrayal, and sacrifice will grip you from the first page to the last breathtaking stand.

When the world abandons you, the void is the only power left to embrace. Felix was always the outsider. Betrayed by his noble fiancée and left for dead in a bleeding ditch by his own family, his life ends in cold mud. But instead of death, he wakes up in the middle of the sacred Beast Pact ritual, trapped inside a mangled, glowing beast that everyone calls a useless defect. While others claim magnificent fire dragons and golden lions, Felix bonds with a creature that looks like a dying shadow. What the elite lords do not realize is that this defect is not a broken monster. It is the Void Sovereign, an ancient cosmic entity capable of devouring power, souls, and entire realms. Driven by a cold need for revenge, Felix endures brutal underground dungeons, emerging scarred, ruthless, and ready to make his betrayers bleed. But the void comes with a dangerous price. The entity wants full control of his body, and every time Felix devours a enemy, he risks losing his own mind to the black abyss. To survive the rising cults and impending shadow war, Felix must balance on the thin line between savior and monster.

David Myles is known throughout Asterion as a powerless doctor—the forsaken heir of a fallen family whose Dragon bloodline supposedly died a century ago. Even the influential Sterling family considers him unworthy of Janet Sterling, his fiancée and the celebrated Emerald Saintess. They have no idea that David’s weakness is a carefully guarded secret. Within him lives the Primordius Dragon, the legendary golden Dragon connected to the origin of all Dragon Energy. Revealing it would expose David to the same hidden forces that destroyed his ancestors and erased House Myles from history. But when David is publicly humiliated, betrayed by those he trusted, and framed for the death of a Sterling elder, remaining hidden is no longer possible. His enemies want him imprisoned, his family disgraced, and the last Myles heir eliminated. As the Black Templars begin their conquest across the realms and the Five Azarian Rings resurface, David must reclaim his family’s stolen legacy, uncover the truth behind the missing Primordius Heart, and master a power capable of uniting—or destroying—the Seven Dragon Houses. The man Asterion rejected is about to become the Dragon Lord every realm will fear.

They kidnapped his daughter to harvest her organs. They didn't know her father was the underworld's Silent Reaper. ​Julian Vance spent ten years deep undercover, running dark-web logistics for the ruthless Mendoza-Vásquez Cartel while serving as the CIA’s most lethal off-the-books asset. He endured living in the shadows for one reason only: to secure a safe, peaceful future for his sixteen-year-old daughter, Iris. ​Then, a black cargo van pulls up outside her Virginia high school. Iris vanishes without a trace. ​When Julian’s handler commands him to stand down and let his daughter die to protect "agency black-budget interests," Julian breaks protocol. He burns his cover, neutralizes his handler’s strike team, and seizes control of the cartel’s supply chain in a single bloody night. ​Iris is being held in a cryogenic facility as a "High-Value Hibernation Unit," bound for a secret elite auction in 30 days. Hunted by the CIA, targeted by global syndicates, and disavowed by the country he served, Julian unleashes ten years of pent-up fury. ​The Silent Reaper has awoken—and he will dismantle the underworld, block by block, until his daughter is safe in his arms.