Monster

Craig Seven is a 35-year-old ex-Navy SEAL who falls into the drug trade after a devastating career setback leaves him desperate to pay the medical bills keeping his four-year-old daughter alive. For her, Seven is willing to cross any line. But during a high-stakes drug deal, a bullet to the head should have ended his life. Instead, Seven awakens before strange beings who offer something impossible: a second chance at life. There is only one catch—he must become a Soul Eater, a supernatural bounty hunter serving an organization that claims to be responsible for the creation of mankind. With no other way to survive, Seven accepts. His first assignment seems simple: hunt down Mephisto, a 23-year-old law student wanted by the Soul Eater Organization. Find her. Kill her. Deliver her soul. But the closer Seven gets to his target, the more he realizes that Mephisto is not the monster they claimed her to be—and the Soul Eaters may not be the saviors they claim to be. Now Seven must choose between the organization that gave him a second life and the woman he was ordered to kill. Because the Soul Eaters are the only thing keeping him alive—and possibly his only chance to save his daughter. How much is Seven willing to sacrifice for Mephisto when everything he has ever fought for is on the other side of the trigger?

Baracio Delano was a handsome young man of mixed blood. Bara was the son of a billionaire, Mr. Delano Mikhail, and Mrs. Nai Xin Luo. Bara’s life changed drastically when he lost both of his parents ten years ago. His life became like that of a statue or a robot constantly monitored. Bara was forced into marriage under the orders of Uncle Burhan, who had raised him all these years. On the night of his wedding, an incident once again shook Bara’s soul, causing his long-lost courage to resurface. After being betrayed and hurt, Bara became extremely cold and ruthless toward any woman who tried to approach him. Because he was too disappointed by a life that kept playing with him, Bara decided to leave. On the very night of his departure, Bara found a baby not far from his parents’ grave. Bara started his life from zero alongside the baby he had found. Since the moment he met the unfortunate infant, Bara’s life began to fill with unexpected fortune! Truths that had been hidden all this time finally started to unravel! It turned out that a great secret was the true cause behind the death of Bara’s parents. And after learning everything, Bara completely transformed into a cold-blooded monster!

People treated Ethan like trash right up until he figured out how to steal the power of the gods. Three years. That’s how long Ethan Vance slogged through life as a bottom-tier scavenger, scraping by selling monster cores so his gorgeous girlfriend could stay in her fancy academy. But when she finally awakened as a Tier-2 Frost Mage, she didn’t thank him. She dumped him. Worse she and her new rich boyfriend trapped Ethan beneath the rubble of a collapsing Tier-5 dungeon and walked away, leaving him for the monsters. Everyone wrote him off for dead. But Ethan didn’t die. Instead, the universe glitched in his favor, and he woke up with the God-Level Extraction System. [BEEP! Extracted from Overlord Shadow Demon: +500 Strength. Skill unlocked: Shadow Step!] Now, while the world mourns the nobody scavenger, Ethan claws his way out of the abyss. He’s not just picking through the scraps anymore he’s stealing powers, bloodlines, and secrets from monsters and the best hunters out there. To his scheming ex and the arrogant elite running this city: go ahead, keep hiding your strength. Ethan’s on his way, and he’s taking everything you’ve got.

Three years ago, Dr. Adrian Cole was the golden boy of surgery until the powerful Monroe family framed him for malpractice, stripping him of his license and his wife, Lilian. Now, Adrian has returned as Chairman Cole, the cold, ruthless majority shareholder of a medical conglomerate, and his target is the Metropolitan Medical Group (MMG)—the very hospital that ruined him. Adrian’s meticulously planned destruction is swiftly turning into a global shadow war when he discovers the Monroes are merely a regional arm of a vast, illicit syndicate known as The Foundation. His revenge is no longer just personal; it's a desperate fight for survival against an international enemy. The one weakness in his airtight plan is Dr. Lily Monroe, Lilian’s brilliant younger sister, who secretly believes in Adrian’s innocence. As he installs her in a high-stakes position to gather intel, their volatile professional rivalry ignites an intense, forbidden attraction. When The Foundation issues its brutal ultimatum—forcing Adrian and Lily into a public, fake engagement to protect her reputation—the line between protector and adversary vanishes. Can Adrian dismantle a global conspiracy without losing the one woman who sees the man behind the monster, or will the price of his ultimate victory be the second life he fought so hard to reclaim?

Everyone in Eclipse City dreams of awakening an ability. I spent twenty-five years being one of the powerless. Then a monster attacked during one of my deliveries, and a strange voice appeared inside my head. [SYSTEM ACTIVATED.] For the first time in my life, I had power. But there was a problem. The system hated me. Every mission became more dangerous. Every reward came with a hidden price. When I refused to obey, it punished me. Then I discovered the truth. I wasn't the system's chosen host. I was its biggest threat. Previous hosts had all died after reaching Level 50. The system had made sure of it. Now I'm approaching Level 50, and the system is becoming desperate. It wants me to open something called the First Gate. It doesn't want me to know what's behind it. And the more I uncover, the more I realize that my entire life may have been part of the system's plan. But the system made one mistake. It gave its prisoner enough power to become its enemy. Now I'm going to break every rule it gave me... even if the truth behind the First Gate destroys the world I know.

In a kingdom where every child is born with the gift of elemental magic, Armand is cursed with nothing. Mocked by his family, rejected by his village, and denied his lifelong dream of becoming a knight of the legendary Red Keep, he is cast out by the very people he longs to protect. But when a desperate journey into the cursed forest of Dharkh awakens an ancient power sleeping deep within his soul, Armand's fate begins to change. Drawn to the magnificent Capital of Ring, he finds himself caught in the schemes of kings, ambitious princes, ancient elves, ruthless knights, and a destiny far greater than he could have imagined. As kingdoms prepare for war, dragons stir from their long slumber, and forgotten magic returns to the world, Armand discovers that the mysterious force within him is unlike anything history has ever seen. Feared by some as a monster and hailed by others as a hero, the powerless shepherd must decide what kind of man he will become. Guided by the enigmatic druid Ashake, tested by deadly rivals, and surrounded by loyal friends and dangerous enemies, Armand's journey will reshape the fate of nations. For the ancient prophecy does not speak of a king. It does not speak of a dragon. It speaks of a sorcerer whose name will echo through history long after empires have turned to dust.

Nelson Bush is a literary icon handsome, charming, and the award-winning author of America’s most chilling thrillers. Fans adore his twisted plots. Critics call him a genius. But behind closed doors, Nelson is living a far darker story than any he's ever written. By night, he becomes the monster from the pages of his latest novel a sadistic killer who targets newlyweds on their wedding night. The victims? His ex-lovers and their unsuspecting spouses. The murders? Gruesome, ritualistic, and always accompanied by a single, taunting clue a sliver of evidence left behind like a signature, daring the world to unmask him. Nobody suspects the perfect husband. Especially not his loyal wife, who has a secret of her own she’s willing to take the fall for every murder he commits. Together, they play a deadly game of deception. But as Nelson’s hunger grows and his kills become bolder, the web of lies begins to unravel. Now, a relentless detective is closing in. The lines between fiction and reality blur. And Nelson must decide: will he remain the puppet master of his perfect crime or become the tragic ending of his own story? One mistake could expose him. One loose thread could hang them both. And the next chapter might be his last.

Adrian hurried to shake his head. “I swear I didn't do it! I would never hit Layla," He turned to his wife. "Tell him, Layla, tell the truth! Why are you even doing this to me?” Layla looked up with teary, mischievous eyes. "Officers, that bastard threatened to kill me if I kept on insisting that he sign the divorce papers," Her sobbing grew louder. "I'm tired of this abusive marriage. Adrian is a monster!” "Officers, what are you still doing when you should be arresting this murderer?!" Adrian froze immediately as his body recognized that voice. He turned around slowly to stare into the burning eyes of his long-lost brother, Ryan. What?! Ryan was back after all these years? Not only that, he had called the police on him? Great news or terrible news? ****** Adrian's once perfect life comes crashing down when Layla, the woman he loved and cherished so much orchestrated a lie to throw him into jail due to the return of her ex boyfriend, Ryan. After enduring abuses and maltreatment in jail, Adrian is set free on bail by his wealthy grandfather. Now he is the richest man in the country with a net worth of over ten trillion dollars. Would he let his enemies go scot-free or would he make them pay?

Ren Kestrel is a "Zero". With a mocking 0.00% gene rank, he is the lowest outcast at the Vanguard Military Academy, used as a human pack mule and bait for the elite students. In a world run by military mega-corporations and cosmic abilities, your genetic aptitude is everything. But during a dungeon disaster, Ren is left behind and locked in the dark to die. Pinned to the floor by a terrifying Abyssal Stalker, Ren refuses to go out quietly. In a final act of pure rage, he jams a pulsing, corrupted monster core straight into his own bleeding chest wound. Instead of dying, a cold, mechanical chime echoes inside his skull: [99.9% Gene-Void Match Found. Welcome to the Devourer System, Host.] [Current Hunger: 100%. Target locked. Begin feeding?] Now, Ren holds a terrifying secret: a system that lets him permanently steal the strength, reflexes, and unique elemental skills of anything — or anyone — he consumes. To survive the high council's execution squads, Ren must play the part of a weak, clumsy F-rank cadet. But as the academy's top noble heirs try to use him as a pawn in their family proxy wars, they quickly realize a dark truth. They haven't caught a dog on a leash. They have locked themselves in a cage with an apex predator. [The universe abhors a vacuum. You are the Void. Begin the harvest.]

Behind the opulence of the Mediterranean coast, Matthew Valdes is a dangerous anomaly. Born with prosopagnosia, face blindness, he does not perceive people as individuals, but as patterns of geometric data, centers of gravity, and breathing rhythms that he calls the "Ares System." Yet his brilliance comes at a devastating cost. Every time he pushes the system to its limits, his brain suffers a neurological overload that could leave him permanently paralyzed or irreversibly blind. The brutal murder of his mother at the hands of a professional assassination unit forces Matthew back into the wolf's den that cast him out, the Valdes Dynasty. There, he is not welcomed as the rightful heir, but as a legal instrument meant to salvage the clan's dying empire. Standing in his way is Rodrigo, his strategically brilliant sociopathic uncle, who has prepared a trap behind every legal move Matthew makes. This is not merely a physical war. It is lawfare, a battlefield where every signature is a bullet and every contract is a noose. Matthew will lose the people who remain loyal to him. He will be forced to crawl across the ground with blood in his mouth. Until he realizes one undeniable truth. To defeat a monster, he must become the faceless ruler of the shadows, a man without a face, yet with the world beneath his feet.