Golden Boy

One night that’s all it took to turn Ethan Morrison from the Morrison family’s "good-for-nothing black sheep" into a man with nothing left to lose. He stumbles home late ready to surprise his fiancée for their anniversary only to catch her tangled up with his half-brother the golden boy their father adores. Before he can even process it his old man shoves him out the door sneering that he’s "embarrassment trash" who never belonged in their home. And when he races to his mom’s grave to fall apart in private he finds it dug up flowers trampled headstone spray-painted with lies. They think he’s gone for good that he’ll crawl away and die in some gutter where they figure he belongs. But then a black SUV pulls up and the driver says three words that change everything: "You’re a Kidman." The richest man alive just found his lost grandson. Now Ethan’s back in the city dressed in custom Italian suits and moving with the kind of power money can’t buy. The same ball where they humiliated him a year ago he’s walking right through those doors. Every single one of them who spit on him who hurt him who desecrated the one thing that mattered they’re about to get a front-row seat to exactly what happens when you mess with the true heir. They called him worthless. Now they’ll either kneel or get knocked flat on their faces.

Lein Aeron dies the most ridiculous death imaginable—overworked to death playing the very game he mastered: Malivic World. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself resurrected inside the game that stole his life… but not as a hero. He is reborn as the lowest-ranked creature, a living joke with no talents, no stats, and no future. Hunted by players, humiliated by NPCs, and cursed by fate, Lein becomes the most worthless existence ever recorded. But when the mysterious Malivic Depth System awakens, the former top-tier gamer gains access to powers no one in history has touched—powers tied directly to the suffering he endured. Now, Lein rises. And everyone who mocked him…Everyone who broke him… Everyone who thought he was nothing…Will face the most brutal face-slapping revenge the Malivic World has ever seen. The game that killed him will become the world he dominates.

The multi-billion dollar real estate realm of the Morte Conglomerate belonged to Zander Morte. The ruthless heir was a strategic genius, but even he didn't foresee the treacherous plot hatched by his own cousin, Sable Morte. The car crash was intended to be fatal, Sable’s final, envious strike. Zander survived the mangled wreckage, yet the disaster stripped him bare, leaving the most powerful man in the family with absolute, bewildering amnesia. Sable immediately invokes a family clause to seize control of the Property Development arm, assuming Zander is permanently incapacitated. Zander, with no memory of his power, finds himself working as a low-status driver nicknamed "Ice" in the Morte world. His life is one of constant humiliation, suffering Sable's casual cruelty and the abuse of arrogant employees. This daily degradation fulfills the contest's "looked down upon" requirement, as Zander's lack of memory makes him genuinely powerless. The plot escalates as Sable prepares to sell the entire flagship building to cover his embezzlement and solidify his power. Meanwhile, five of Zander's most loyal operatives (Merk Keen, Onyx Blade, River Rend, Teggo Steel, and Ellvys Fog) have taken their own disguised roles within the organization to secretly protect Zander ("Ice") and gather the final evidence against Sable. A crucial plot point is River Rend's role as Sable’s Top Property Specialist, where he has access to all the illegal documents. The climax occurs during the final sale announcement. Zander's memory is fully restored just as Sable attempts to publicly fire and discredit "Ice". Zander delivers the final face-slapping reveal, exposing Sable's crimes with the proof provided by his five subordinates, reclaiming his identity, his company, and his legacy.

Adrian Cole was nothing, a pale bookworm at the bottom of the food chain. Until the day the Likability System awakened, his life took a shocking turn. Every task completed raises his charm, wit, and power… and every failure digs his grave deeper. Every sneer. Every slap. Every rejection. He’ll pay them back tenfold. Now, every classroom becomes an arena. Every hallway, a battlefield. And every bully? A stepping stone to his rise. From ridicule to respect, from trash to king, Adrian will flip humiliation into dominance, face-slapping his way to the top.

Once a rising star in the Air Force, Gilbert Hayes’ life took a sharp turn after he was dismissed for past mistakes. Two years ago, when his girlfriend, Vivienne Astor, was battling lupus, Gilbert made a heartbreaking choice: he donated his kidney, hoping the powerful Astor family would help his ailing mother in return. Though they kept their promises, Gilbert’s mother didn’t survive, leaving him with nothing but a broken heart. Allowed to marry Vivienne out of his genuine love for her, Gilbert now faces relentless rejection from his in-laws. Once warmly welcomed, he’s now seen as unworthy of their family—dismissed for his humble background, despite his sacrifice. But Gilbert’s transformation from a pathetic loser to a potent legend begins when he becomes the commander of a private legion and the heir to the powerful Hayes family. Now, the tables are turning. Those who once looked down on him will soon be begging for mercy.

MATURE, content dark psychological thriller, Slow burn. "Ahhh! Vikram! W-what are you doing?! Leave me!" "Look at you," Vikram hissed into her ear, his breath hot against her neck as he continued the assault. "The most beautiful princess of Siren's World, reduced to a shivering, sobbing wreck in my basement. Your sounds... they’re crazy, Aria. They feed me." "You’re just a dumpster for my rage now, you pathetic little royal," he growled, the abuse dripping from his tongue like venom. "It’s better that you tell me the address of Driva right now." 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?

I saw a small figure of a young boy running away from us in the distance.A wolf stood in the boy's shadow.However, this wolf was enormous.It had a head as big as a bear's and stood five feet tall at the top of the hump. It had pale grey fur.The boy was being chased by a worg, not a wolf.The boy had a good lead, but the massive worg's strides would quickly reduce that lead.In a split second, I made up my mind.I made a hasty dash for the boy.Lisa was also moving quickly, and she was following me.However, looking back, she faltered.I was aware that she has not yet regained her strength.Regardless, I turned back to the boy who was still running straight at me and said, "This way!Come to me!The young man gave me a nod and fled as quickly as he could.However, I was aware that the boy would be overtaken by the worg before I could even miss him by a few feet.I raised my arm back and pulled out my hatchet.Duck!”I let the hatchet fly as soon as the boy fell.

Blurb: After dying on a battlefield while defending humanity's last defence line against the monster invasion, Eagan Hawthorne was sent back in time. Reborn when he was eighteen years old and in his last year at the Hunter's Academy. With the second chance given, Eagan became determined to save humanity from his impending do and also find out the origin of the monsters that plague their world. However, faced with the restrictions of the title given to him by the mysterious system, the unknown gods who have chosen him to be the 'Bearer of Earth's Will', the continuous mockery and arrogance from the people around, and the betrayal among humans who want the world to end. Will he be able to achieve his goal of saving humanity from doom? Or will he join the ranks of the failed heroes of the past who have failed to save Earth in its countless reincarnations?

In the war-scarred realm of Valecross, every sixteen-year-old awakens a Spirit Gift, except Liam Cross. Branded The Powerless, mocked, and hunted in Ravenhold Academy, he’s destined for failure. Until one night, a black crystal pendant, the last relic of his mother, shatters awake. Inside it stirs a forbidden System unlike any ever seen. It tracks his strength, speed, and quests like a living game. As Liam secretly grows stronger, dark forces begin to move, rivals who fear him, and a prophecy that calls him the Echo Chosen, the one who will either save Valecross... or destroy it. When monsters from the Rift return to devour the academy, Liam must decide: Embrace the Shadow System, or let the same monsters that took his family make him lose everything.

To everyone, Arthur was worse than a street one. The Lin family saw him as the root cause of all troubles and needed to do anyway with him. But in the end, his family influence turned out to be the reason their family had not yet be wiped out from the surface of the earth by their lingering enemies.