Network Effect A Murderbot

Imagine finding yourself within the four walls of the toughest prison in all of Washington City for a crime you know nothing about. Lucas Ross, once the shining star of the prestigious Washington City University and its overall best student, found himself framed and unjustly sentenced to a year behind bars. Adding to his misery, life had dealt him harsh blows before. Twenty-five years earlier, he lost his parents in a tragic plane crash. As if his wrongful imprisonment wasn't enough, Lucas was fired from his job, and the final betrayal came when his girlfriend left him for his best friend. The cumulative effect of these tragedies pushes him to the edge, and he attempts to end his dear life the day he was released from prison. Fortunately for him, he's saved by a mysterious old man who reveals a shocking truth: Lucas Ross is the only heir of a powerful and influential businessman who was brutally murdered by his competitor. Now resolute in his mission to avenge his parents' death and bring justice to those who betrayed and framed him, Lucas Ross's quest for revenge takes him down a dark, dangerous and treacherous path. Will Lucas Ross emerge victorious in his quest for justice, or will the darkness he has unleashed consume him completely?

Five years ago, Adrian Cole was the most feared commander alive — a living legend who led his country through a war no one knew existed. Then he vanished. Declared dead. Forgotten. He returned as a nobody. His father is dead. His mother is sick. His family's company has been stolen by the powerful Blackwood Corporation, and the people who destroyed them don't even remember his name. That's their first mistake. Behind the quiet, unassuming man is a network of loyal soldiers, world leaders, and shadow powers who still answer to one command. Adrian doesn't need to shout. He doesn't need to threaten. He makes one phone call — and empires fall. But he's not here for revenge. He's here for justice. And he'll tear down every billionaire, every corrupt official, and every hidden enemy who stands between him and his family's peace. The Blackwoods think they destroyed a family. They woke a god. One man. One war. No mercy.

Alan Walker returned home after four years serving as a captain in the elite Advanced Tactical Command, expecting to reunite with the woman he sacrificed everything for. Instead, he is met with betrayal. Lucia, the wife he left behind, has moved on and married the wealthy and influential Michael Fletcher. Humiliated and pressured into signing divorce papers, Alan becomes the laughingstock of high society. What no one knows is that Alan is far more than a forgotten soldier. Behind his quiet demeanor lies the secret mastermind of Gold Aries, a rapidly rising conglomerate capable of shaking the corporate world. Rather than seeking revenge openly, Alan begins dismantling the corrupt network surrounding Lucia’s family and Michael Fletcher through calculated moves and hidden influence. As his plans unfold, Alan crosses paths with Hazel Hades, a strong-willed heiress fighting to escape an arranged marriage. Their contract marriage begins as a strategic alliance, but together they soon become an unstoppable force against the ruthless elites standing in their way. In a world driven by power, greed, and betrayal, Alan Walker is about to prove that the man everyone underestimated is the most dangerous one of all.

Luther Cain was the long-lost heir to Cain Global, a billionaire empire run by a father who would do anything to keep power. Luther is framed, disowned, and forced to go into hiding. He disappears from the world and is thought to be dead. But he trains, learns, and builds the Shadow Syndicate in secret. This is a secret network that can take down the most powerful people. He thinks carefully about every move he makes, every alliance is a weapon, and every betrayal makes him want to get his legacy back. Celeste, his childhood friend and ally, breaks free from her father's grip and joins Luther's mission. She risks everything to tell the truth about the dark side of the Cain empire. Luther learns that beating his enemies is just the beginning; staying alive in the chaos he has caused will be much harder. Corporate wars turn into street fights, and ambition and family loyalty are at odds with each other. In a world where power can bend reality and secrets are worth killing for, Luther’s rise from the shadows becomes more than a fight for inheritance it’s a war against fate itself.

Cody is one of the 100M left alive due to a viral outbreak that cause the world to end. Humanity crumbled in a blink of an eye. In 2012 Japanese astronauts got sent into space to study the Moon more and in an act to find extraterrestrial life. In the process they found a weird looking shell in a meteor shaped hole, once the shell opened the world went to hell; millions were killed within a few days, then it went up to the billions within weeks; now the rest are left to defend theirselves. 5 years later Cody and his sister Aya were on their own, Aya got hit with a sickness and he went out on a supply run to get some medicine. When he came back he returned to a burning building. Now he seeks revenge for his sister who was ‘murdered’ by someone. Cody found a group of people, who he would eventually refer to his family, Cody and his group will stumble across conflict, love and death; not to mention Demis, they face worse than death. They are hunted for being a human/animal hybrid, they are also blamed for the apocalypse due to the growth of their population months prior to the apocalypse, which builds the hatred for demis. Only one question remains… who lives… and who dies? Will everyone get their happy ending? Alternate Series (does not effect the actual story): The End Of Our Time (Aria_br0_k3n) Chapter length: 1,400+ words Discord: in construction

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.

Fifty years ago, human progress stopped. No new equations. No new discoveries. No breakthroughs. For half a century, science lay shackled by an invisible chain, leaving humanity trapped in a golden age that never came. Then came Quincy Enterprise and Interplanetary Network—a revolutionary VR game powered by technology that shouldn't exist. Inside its pods, players command divine magic, touch distant stars, and explore hyper-realistic galaxies. To the world, it’s the ultimate escape. To governments, an unexplainable miracle. To Wyvon Klovis, a burned-out high school physics teacher, it’s a puzzle waiting to be solved. When Wyvon steps into the game as Photon-V, he expects a distraction. Instead, he uncovers a terrifying secret: The game isn't a simulation. Ancient gods lie imprisoned within its code, cosmic authorities destroy entire star systems from the shadows, and the physics of the universe are being actively manipulated. Armed with modern quantum science and a newly awakened divine authority, Wyvon must decipher the Administrator’s sigil, claim the Primordial Creation Gems, and rewrite the rules of reality. The game holds the key to why human science slept for fifty years... and Wyvon is about to wake it up.

In the shimmering metropolis of Oakhaven, the elite live in glass towers while the "trash" survives in the soot below. Lucian Veyne is the king of that trash. To the world, he is a nameless scavenger, a beggar who collects aluminum cans and fixes broken phones in rain-slicked alleys. But Lucian has a secret: He owns the city’s darkness. Ten years ago, the Vale Family—owners of the city’s largest pharmaceutical empire—let his mother die on the hospital steps because she was "worthless." Since that day, Lucian hasn’t been looking for a job; he’s been building a system. Through the "Debt Web" (micro-loans to the desperate) and the "Whisper Network" (an army of invisible homeless spies), Lucian has quietly tethered every corrupt politician, crooked cop, and greedy CEO to his thumb. When Seraphina Vale, the arrogant heiress of the empire that killed his mother, publicly humiliates him, she triggers the final phase of his plan. She thinks she’s crushing a beggar. She doesn’t realize she’s just declared war on the man who already holds the keys to her father’s vault.

Seventy-eight years after the fall of the galactic hyperspace gate network known as The Veil, humanity’s once-glorious empire lies fragmented, drifting in the ruins of forgotten technology and collapsed alliances. Planets have become isolated war-states, AI gods rule over fractured digital realms, and ancient secrets fester in the vacuum of space. When the Veil mysteriously reactivates, releasing a wave of untraceable quantum signals and impossible anomalies, former war criminal and memory-hacker Riven Hale is pulled out of cryo-prison for one last mission: uncover the source of the reawakening, and prevent a second collapse. As Riven travels from derelict colonies to technocratic citadels, he uncovers a disturbing truth—reality is fraying. A mind-plague known as the Mnemonic Dust is rewriting memories across systems, blurring the lines between past and present. At the center of it all is a fanatical cult called the Dustborn, who claim the universe is a decaying simulation built by extinct, higher-dimensional beings known only as the Architects. As Riven pieces together his forgotten past and the role he once played in an erased war, he’s hunted by synthetic assassins, haunted by implanted memories, and drawn into a war for reality itself. The question is no longer who controls the Veil. The question is—what is real?

Allsium takes virtual reality to the ultimate level. It is not a social network, nor a massively multiplayer online video game, but an experience as real as life itself. In Allsium pain and pleasure feels as if it were real, so leaving the safety of virtual Earth is a price few are willing to pay. Those who do so will travel to the so-called illegal worlds, dangerous planets that pay homage to the golden age of video games and cinema, where they can obtain unimaginable powers: abilities that exceed human limits and magics that can be developed by choosing a path. However, the bravest adventurers must be very careful, as losing their lives in Allsium will make it impossible to access again, so they will no longer benefit from the system in a real world that is still recovering from the disasters of World War III. Gunner has formed a virtual group together with Greek, Dagon and Zen. After long and painstaking preparation, they decide to travel to the outlaw worlds of Allsium in search of the power offered by the trails. These can lead them to master incredible abilities and, incidentally, to take revenge on a society that has turned them into outcasts. But this will only be possible if they manage to take advantage of the Allsionist plan: the creation of a breach in the system that connects virtuality with reality. Evolution takes the final step. Welcome to Allsium.