In Five Years A

Five years ago, Ethan Hayes was celebrated as the nation's youngest Supreme Commander. Then, during a classified mission, he and his eleven commanders vanished without a trace. The government declared them heroes who died in service. History moved on. Only one man knows the truth. They were betrayed. Living under a false identity, Ethan abandons his glorious past to protect the woman he loves. But on the day she publicly divorces him, calling him a worthless husband, the fragile life he built finally shatters. The world believes Ethan is a failure. His enemies believe he is dead. Both are about to discover the truth. When a routine identity check triggers an alert buried for five years, powerful generals, billionaire tycoons, intelligence agencies, and criminal syndicates realize that the man they erased from history has returned. Now, the commander who lost everything must uncover the conspiracy that murdered his brothers, exposed the corruption at the highest levels of power, and recover the legendary Sovereign Ledger—a secret capable of bringing nations to their knees. But every answer comes with a new betrayal, and the greatest enemy waiting in the shadows is the man Ethan once respected more than anyone else. Because some wars never truly end. And history has a way of reclaiming the heroes it tried to erase.

After the apocalypse took place in real life, the only person left in the world was Alva James. But facing too many zombies makes him exhausted, and then he dies. He then came back to life when he was five years old. He spent more than nine years training to fight zombies later. When Alva was 14, zombie games appeared again. He's logged into the game, gathering resources to be powerful. This time Alva was determined to fight the zombies with all her might. He's looking forward to the day when the zombie game synchronizes with the real world. That day is when the world ends, and he will fight again!

Nicolas was the bastard son of a daughter in the prestigious Tyris family. Treated with scorn and disgust; Nicolas didn’t have it easy in the Tyris family. He remained in the Tyris family and faced these treatments willingly because of his mother. His mother however suddenly died; and the investigation was swept under the rugs. Torn with grief, anger and frustration, Nicolas left the Tyris family and vanished completely. Five years later he is back. The reason for his return? To watch the Tyris family burn to the ground.

Noah Hunter was the son-in-law of the wealthy Noble family. He lived a life as a servant. Parents-in-law despised him. His wife didn’t care. The Other family members took pleasure in torturing him. For five years, Noah lived in hell. Noah had an enormous debt and a poor old mother. He couldn’t escape the Noble family. Noah had no right to die. A strange encounter with a homeless man changed his life. Now, Noah will start revenge.

Tristan Asher died on the floor of the Apex Gate, betrayed by the one man he trusted, while the world he'd spent five years trying to save burned around him. Then he opened his eyes in his own apartment—twenty-three years old, five years younger, fourteen hours before the sky cracks open and everything begins again. This time, he's not here to be a hero. He's here to win. He has a list. Every gate, every betrayer, every mistake that cost him everything—he remembers all of it. What he doesn't expect is her. Kira Knight should be a stranger. Instead, he already knows her coffee order, the way her voice drops when she's trying not to cry, and exactly how she died in the life he's not going back to. He can't tell her any of that. He can't tell her he's already loved and lost her once, or that the System itself has a name for what he is—and a warning waiting underneath it: *you are not the first.* Someone else came back before him. Someone else had the same plan, the same knowledge, the same fourteen-hour head start. It didn't work. Now Tristan has seventy-two hours to become someone the apocalypse hasn't already beaten, a woman he isn't allowed to love yet, and a truth he's terrified to find out—why every version of this story before his has ended the same way.

After five years fighting undefeated battlefields, the WarGod finally returned home a hero. But home wasn't what he expected. His son was being beaten at school, his wife was left to suffer alone, and his own father-in-law had the nerve to spit insults in his face. They all thought he was dead. Now the WarGod is back, and he didn't come for peace. Every hand raised against my family will be repaid in blood.

They killed his father and framed him for crimes he didn't commit, they also didn't stop until they stole and destroy everything he loved. They all thought they were done with Marcus until five years later. Five years in a supernatural realm transformed him into something the monsters never expected. Now he's back with powers that defy reality, wealth that commands respect, and a hunger for revenge that won't be satisfied until every enemy bleeds. The ex-fiancée who betrayed him? She wants him back. The sister he thought was dead? She's been weaponized against him. The cosmic entity devouring dimensions? It's coming for him specifically. Marcus Vale thought he was hunting the people who destroyed his family. He didn't know his entire bloodline was designed for war, that his mother has been building an interdimensional army, or that making the Devourer cry would be the *least* weird thing about his week. Revenge was supposed to be something simple. Instead, he's got: - Three powerful women fighting for his attention - A reformed apocalypse monster as a pen pal - 500 supernatural soldiers about to invade Earth - And a family tree that connects to literal demons And now everyone—human and monster alike—is about to learn what happens when you push a Vale too far.

To the world, he was a nobody. To the Mitchell family, he was a stain on their reputation. Ethan Hunt’s life changed forever after a mysterious one-night stand with Lisa Mitchell, the cold and beautiful heiress to a multi-billion dollar empire. Forced into a "slave marriage" to cover up a scandal, Ethan endured six months of hell. He was mocked by the elite, treated like a servant in his own home, and eventually framed for a crime he didn’t commit by the very woman he tried to protect. The betrayal was absolute. Sentenced to five years in the city’s most brutal prison, Ethan was left to rot. But his enemies made one fatal mistake: they didn't know who he truly was. Deep inside his soul, an ancient power has awakened. Ethan is the reincarnation of the Dragon God, and his "Golden Finger" has finally activated. Inside the prison walls, he saves the life of a dying secret trillionaire, inheriting an empire that dwarfs the Mitchells' wealth. Five years later, the gates open. The man who walked in was a broken husband. The man walking out is a hidden tycoon with the power of a god and the bank account of a king. Lisa Mitchell is on the brink of losing everything, and she’s looking for a miracle. She’s about to find out that the man she destroyed is the only one who can save her and this time, he isn’t asking for her love.

Elias Cross was only nineteen when his life was stolen. Recruited for a robbery rigged to fail, he was abandoned at the scene as police swarmed, left to take the fall for a crime he didn’t plan. He was served thirty years but Elias refused to settle. Outside, Marcus the man who destroyed his life thrived, convinced his control was absolute but Elias escaped after five years and he returned not as a pawn, but as a storm waiting to strike. A high-stakes hijacking presents the perfect opportunity for the reckoning he’s been planning for years. What Marcus never realized is that the loyalty he demanded could be turned into a weapon. And this time, the one he thought he controlled holds all the cards.

"You are just a poor student," Lana sneered. "Why would I ever marry a loser when I have Cade, the heir of the Mercer Family?" Dane waited for five years to marry the woman he loved, only to be stood up on the day they were supposed to get their marriage license. His girlfriend, Lana, didn't just stand him up she accepted a diamond ring from another man. Lana thought she was upgrading. She thought her new billionaire fiancé could crush Dane like a bug. But there was one massive problem, Cade was a complete fraud. Dane is the real secret heir of the Mercer Empire. For five years, he secretly poured his billions into Lana's company to make her successful. Now, he's taking it all back. But as Dane walks away from his toxic ex, he discovers a terrifying truth, the little girl who saved his life ten years ago isn't Lana. It's Mara a beautiful, abused girl currently being dragged to the bed of a notorious mobster by her evil stepmother. Dane storms the mansion, cripples the mobster, and claims Mara as his own. To save her mother's bankrupt company, he brings her to the city's most elite billionaire banquet. At the doors, Lana and her fake billionaire try to humiliate them, laughing at Dane's cheap clothes and demanding Mara kneel in the dirt. Then, the doors open. The CEO of the Mercer Group steps out, ignores the fake heir, and bows deeply at Dane's feet. "Welcome, Master Mercer."