Kingdom Building

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.

Kael Draven, a young man with a rare ability has always had a dream of belonging to one of the most elite groups responsible for protecting the royal family in the Kingdom of Veridale. A biannual test is held to determine who gets to enter the King's Academy and become one of the elite, would Kael Draven survive through the odds and what awaits him when he does gain entry and is exposed to a Web of lies, betrayal, and murder?

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?

Derek Moss finds his wife cheating, leaves her, then runs into a wildfire as a firefighter. While saving two people from a burning building, he rescues an old man who turns out to be Jacob West, a billionaire and Derek’s real father. Derek was kidnapped as a toddler 23 years ago. Suddenly Derek has a rich family, but his coworkers try to ruin his firefighter career with fake reports. Derek fights back with proof and his new family’s help. The coworkers get suspended. Now Derek learns who kidnapped him, cuts ties with his ex-wife, and starts to meet his real dad Jacob. He’s caught between his old life and his new one. Can he ever survive this?

​When the world merged with the underworld, the rules of reality shattered. Our cities became Ghost Cities, haunted by the dead. ​In this new world, money is paper. The real currency is the "Joss Paper" you burn for spirits. ​Survival depends on one item: a "Soul Lock" to protect your home. ​No money? You're not a person. You are food. ​Alex, a Warrior who died as a rat in this new hell, is suddenly Reborn one month before the end. This is his Second chance. ​While the world prepares for a holiday, he uses his Hidden identify as a man from the future to be Decisive. He will hoard the world's new gold. He will secure the first Soul Lock. ​He isn't just surviving this apocalypse. He's building an empire.

Ren Davis, a rejected individual, born into poverty, but his goal was to uplift his struggling parents. Ren sacrifices his life to save two innocent children from a burning building, then something extraordinary happens as he was transported fifteen years back to the past. Guided by a celestial God, Ren accumulated karma points and learns powerful techniques to reshape his destiny. Armed with a photographic memory of his previous life, Ren seizes an opportunity to recreate a popular webtoon from the future. Utilizing the knowledge of the future, he amasses fortune and transforms into a captivating, skilled individual. However, as Ren's power grew, so did the number of adversaries who seek to bring him down. Will Ren finally achieve his ultimate goal of becoming the ruler of the world?

When Daniel Cole, a humble but brilliant young man, married Melissa Turner, he believes love and trust can build a home. But Melissa and her greedy parents see him only as a tool, a stepping stone to fulfill their ambitions. Despite his dedication and vision, Daniel is mocked, mistreated, and Ultimately abandoned when Melissa's wealthy ex-boyfriend reappears. Driven by greed and her parent's pressure, Melissa divorce Daniel, leaving him with nothing. Months later, the world changed. The same useless man they discarded rises from the ashes building an empire that shakes the world. Now, a global trillionaire, Daniel returns, not for revenge alone, but to show that power and greatness belong not to those born with wealth, but to those forged by rejection.

He died saving a stranger—and awoke in a world ruled by monsters, magic, and endless war. Now, armed with a blade that burns with forgotten fire and hunted by forces older than gods, Adam must rise from nothing. But the power stirring inside him hungers… and not all who awaken survive what they become. In a kingdom where strength is law and beasts wear crowns, one man’s rebirth may spark salvation—or doom. He wasn’t just reincarnated. He was being summoned.

The battle for the kingdom's leadership begins when King Edward decides to abdicate. Whoever is the toughest and survives to the end, is the one who deserves to be the successor of the kingdom. For the title of leader, all clans elbow each other to achieve victory. Who is lucky in the game and escapes great danger? Who is willing to sacrifice blood and life to join the game? And the question that bothered everyone, which clan would win the game? Will the ice clan retain its title as the leader of the Crimson country? None of the clans guessed who would be the winner.

🏆["Silver Medal" in Sci-Fi Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"]🏆 With a scourge of magic-eating creatures ruled by an evil demon king sweeping the land, the Royal Defence Corps are the last thing standing between the Drasini Kingdom and destruction. Administrars grant Initiates powerful magical abilities and weapons to fight back against the hordes, but the war is slowly being lost. Alexei was granted what many would call The Weakest System, but levelling it up will prove that any abilities can be used to incredible effects!