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As the King of Death in his previous life, Ainz Dorak was a formidable and fearsome ruler. He commanded an army of dark and terrifying creatures, instilling fear and awe in all who crossed his path. His power was unmatched, his reign absolute in the underworld. Despite his immense power and influence, Ainz Dorak could not escape the treachery and betrayal that ultimately led to his downfall. His enemies conspired against him, and so, he met his end, his power and glory fading into memory, so he thought, but something else happened at the point where he thought he had lost everything. Ainz suddenly woke up in a different place, another world to be precise, a world as cruel and twisted, and similar to his previous world, yet different. In this world, Ainz was rebirthed as an abandoned child of a noble, where he learns of the cruel fate of his reality. However, by chance, he was reincarnated with a system; The Shadow Monarch System, through the system, he lives the life of a Shadow Halfing turned Monarch, while making power his only reason for living. Following the path that has been laid out for him through the system, he would pave his path with his army of dark and terrifying creatures, as he snatched the lives of his enemies until he was once again called the king of death. ----------- [Congratulations! You have accepted Mark of the Shadows!] [You now bear a faint scent of Shadow!] [Shadows now recognizes you as their own!]

Elias Cross wanted nothing more than to disappear. Once the city’s most brilliant forensic architect, he vanished after a scandal that destroyed his career. But when an old friend turns up dead — and the body is staged inside one of Elias’s abandoned designs — he’s pulled back into a world he swore he’d left behind. Each crime scene is a building. Each building is a clue. Each clue points to an impossible blueprint for the city’s destruction. With only a reckless journalist and a washed-up detective by his side, Elias must outwit a ghostly mastermind known only as The Mason. But as the city becomes a maze of deadly puzzles, Elias discovers the final design isn’t about buildings. It’s about him.

"You are a worthless Human and I wish that you had died in jail!" Ethan felt his heart sink listening to his wife say those words to him, but despite how betrayed he was, he remained indifferent. Sent to jail because he had accepted the crime labels against his wife. Kyle had to jail in her place but had no idea that it was all their plan all along. Back to town after five years, he is welcomed in the most brutal way to find out that his wife is married with a kid, but Kyle won't stop at all cost until he finds out what actually happened to his family five years ago and the real cost of their death. But the more he digs, the more secrets he unravels, and, at the same time, he tries to conceal his true identity as General Shade, the most ruthless general.

Once, Elysium promised salvation, a shining city where human and machine would become one. Now, it’s a graveyard of glass and steel, its secrets buried beneath the dust of a fallen world. Ethan Vale thought he escaped Elysium’s reach. But when echoes of its lost technology resurface, he’s thrust back into a web of lies that began long before his birth. Alongside Dr Taylor, Agent Hannah, Dr Myles, and the reborn Maya, his only link to what he’s lost. Ethan must uncover the truth behind the project that destroyed humanity’s last hope. But Elysium isn’t dead. It’s dreaming. And its dream is waking.

Luca Blackthorn lives on the edge of two worlds, the human and the monstrous. Cursed with a power that can devour him from within, he struggles to control the beast that lurks beneath his skin. When Emilio, a ruthless mafia lord with a blood stained empire, resurfaces, Luca faces an enemy who will stop at nothing to destroy him. Enter Grace Veyre, a lethal and unpredictable force from Emilio’s past. Once trained as his elite enforcer, she knows the darkness better than anyone and carries secrets that could either save or doom them both. Forced together by circumstance and survival, Luca and Grace navigate ambushes, betrayal, and relentless enemies, learning to trust each other in the shadows. Every encounter is a test of skill and will, every decision a gamble with life and death. As the body count rises and Emilio’s schemes tighten like a noose, Luca must master his curse, and Grace must confront her past before it destroys everything. In a city of fire, blood, and deceit, loyalty is fleeting, danger is constant, and only those who can fight together,and trust the untrustable, can survive.

Raymond Cassian vanished ten years ago, a shadow in a world of secrets. Now he’s back, and surrendering. But he has conditions. He will speak only to Ayla Trent, a rookie with no clout, no field experience… and no clue why he chose her. Cassian claims a powerful society is pulling the strings of world events, from economic collapses to assassinations, and he has the evidence to prove it. Each name he drops opens a new investigation: corrupt billionaires, hidden assassins, rogue agents. But with each step, Ayla is forced to blur the lines between law and conspiracy, truth and manipulation. As the bodies pile up and secrets unfold, Ayla must decide: is Cassian revealing the truth? Or building a new empire, one move at a time?

Theodore, a humble man whose life would suddenly turn with the falling star that guides his destiny. Guided by the wise man Eamon, Theodore will unlock mysteries that span from heaven to earth. Having endless support from his mother, at dawn, he starts his journey for his transformation—propelled by a call from heaven. In company with some of the finest companions—Compassionate Healer Mariel, Grieving Caleb, and Storyteller Aria—Theodore's journey through forest, valley, and town turns into a quest to inspire hope and unity. Their path takes them well into the mountains and then through the celestial gateway, which pitches them against deep personal trials, till they come out stronger in a world full of infinite possibilities. Dark defeat, proving one's worthiness at the Gate of Eternity—such is the mission to restore the balance of the celestial realm to Theodore and his friends. By his wise rule, as years pass, his children grow older, his daughter Lyra succeeds him to take over, leading the prosperous celestial kingdom with innovation and unity that radiates light into the legacy. But once again, their world is threatened because, in his dark obsession, Damien has managed to open up the gate of the underworld, causing chaos throughout the realm. Elara, a descendant of Theodore, rises to reclaim balance. Much braveness at the cost of sacrifice—she seals the gate, not allowing the works of her ancestors to go in vain. Then comes the turn of the kingdom heiress, Ariadne, guided by ancient prophecies that warn her of resurgent darkness. With the celestial relic, she leads her people in a final battle against encroaching shadows. And through sacrifice and unity, Ariadne attains lasting peace, thus defining her times: resilient and united against trials that forge the fate of their world.

Marvin Simpson will be 25 next month. He is shy about ladies but not Cassie, the cleaner. Unknown to Marvin, Cassie was an assassin sent to kill him by the Contractor. Cassie has a four-month contract to kill Marvin while Marvin has Six months to get a wife or lose his company.

Dominic Hale was sixteen when Vivienne Ashford destroyed his family. She stole his mother Eleanor’s final masterpiece—a painting called “The Unbroken”—burned the original, and claimed the work as her own, building an art empire on the lie. Eleanor died in the flames trying to save it. Only a torn fragment survived. Ten years later, Dominic returns to Ashford City—no longer the helpless boy who fled, but the legendary Shadow King, the covert operative who single-handedly turned the tide of the Karethwyn War. He carries his mother’s fragment in a battered leather case and a single vow: restore her legacy and burn Vivienne’s world to ash. When he crashes Vivienne’s exclusive art gala—held in the penthouse built atop his mother’s destroyed studio, Dominic doesn’t just seek revenge. He seeks to reclaim everything stolen: his mother’s name, his sister’s freedom, and the truth buried under a decade of lies. But his return collides with Celeste Monroe, the woman he once saved, now trapped in an arranged marriage to Vivienne’s cowardly son Tristan. As old loyalties resurface and enemies close in, Dominic must decide: will he become the monster Vivienne created, or will he prove his mother’s belief—that some things remain unbroken, no matter how the world tries to shatter them?

SHADOW OPS: BLOOD DEBT By Lilitha Ntlebi Synopsis: Elite black-ops soldier Knox Alverez thought he buried his past in the Middle East—until a massacre on American soil drags him back into a war he didn’t know he was still fighting. When an off-the-books mission unravels a hidden network of sleeper agents, biochemical warfare, and shadow governments, Knox finds himself marked not just as a target—but as a weapon. Haunted by flashes of memory and a neural implant he didn’t know existed, Knox must team up with intel analyst Jessa Vale to expose a conspiracy buried deep within SIGMA, the very agency that trained him. As they race across continents to stop a new phase of covert warfare, each step uncovers a deeper betrayal—and a chilling truth: the enemy isn’t coming. He’s already inside. From decimated war zones to high-tech bunkers beneath the sea, SHADOW OPS: BLOOD DEBT is a razor-edged modern action thriller packed with pulse-pounding combat, gritty realism, and a hero forced to confront the most dangerous battlefield of all: his own mind. Trust is dead. Memory is weaponized. And blood is never clean.