Old Men Kissing

"I see death... A lot of dead bodies where you are going," the voice of the soothsayer flow back into his mind. "The island I am posted to is peaceful. Did you mean there will be a natural disaster?" "No. It's your bad luck. I see death coming in the shape of a baby and swallowing everything and everyone else. Be careful and don't ever turn the page." "What are you talking about?" The old witch was silent after, and Zuma was shoved off by the next customer in line.

The last two thousand years have been a time of conflict for Warkinlesian, the people of Warkinles. A time of change. But beyond their infighting, and the world healing from the damage he caused, they found ample reason to fear. The Old Ones, their predecessors from time immemorial, were stirring from their slumber. The Pagans sought to move against them, seeking to undermine our power. Yet something else stirred beneath it all. Their oldest, greatest fear will soon come true. Sarum, the Lord of Calamity, God of Destruction is coming. Warkinles is in danger, they need a saviour.

"Gutter Boy", his friends would call him. Michael Guterson struggled with pain, humiliation, and bullying by his friends and course mates as a scholarship student at the renowned Coles University. Worst of, Diane, the woman he thought was his denied and insulted him publicly before cameras on her big day. All was happening because of one thing. He was poor, had nothing, and had no one. Not until Michael Guterson discovered he was not alone and had a family. Mama G was old and tired. Guterson's Empire MUST be HIS.

"Mellisa, we want nothing but the best for you. You are our world and at this point, it's best to divorce that good for nothing husband of yours." Paula, the 48 year old mother said to her daughter who sat in between her parents with her sweaty palms rubbing each other repeatedly. "It's obvious that he has nothing to offer you Mellisa, letting him marry you was a mistake and we are sorry about that." Gabriel said putting his hand gently on her daughter's shoulders.

Alex Wilson, a determined son-in-law, has faced relentless adversity, from poverty to his wife's infidelity. Just as he's about to give up, Old Man Cole, the loyal butler, offers him a second chance – the Wilson fortune and a new lease on life. As Alex navigates his newfound power, he must confront his traumatic past, outsmart his ruthless brother Liam, and reclaim his rightful place. Can Alex's formidable spirit prevail against the forces of darkness, or will they destroy him?

In the heart of an Old World that has been filled to the brim with unimaginable horrors, one of humanity's final forces has founded itself. Yet, the glory days are long gone. With only the guidance of those who have come before them, the Purebloods- as they have chosen to call themselves- seek only the destruction of the creatures that have wreaked havoc on their world. It is in these times of unending disease and battle, that the hardest of choices must be made. The fate of this parallel realm rests in the palms of those from beyond its walls. Those, with nowhere else to call home.

A mountain-raised healer armed only with silver needles descends into a cutthroat city to fulfill an old marriage contract and reclaim a stolen artifact. Kaelen masters the art of mending—or ending—life with a touch. But the ruthless Thorne family and the venomous Malakor Syndicate have no intention of honoring ancient debts. When poison and assassins close in, Kaelen learns that some cancers of power can only be removed with precision and ruthlessness. In Oakhaven, money buys survival and bloodlines buy status—until a man with steady hands decides otherwise. One needle at a time.

Kael Varez spent his entire life being treated like dirt, mocked for being poor, humiliated for being fatherless, and discarded by theman he loved the moment a lot richanges.er man appeared, but on the night his dying mother whispers a terrifying secret, Kael'srld changes.nges forever because the assassins hunting him are not after an ordinary man. They believe he is the missing heir to a brutal underground empire built on blood, power, and fear. Now, trapped in a deadly world where loyalty is bought and betrayal hides behind every smile, Kael must survive ruthless enemies, dangerous alliances, and a family that wants him erased before he can uncover the truth about who he really is but the deeper he falls into the darkness, the more he begins to change and sometimes, the most terrifying monsters are not born, they are created. So when the bastard everyone once despised finally rises, will he destroy the empire or become something even worse than the men hunting him?

Jin mu was struck by lightning Thunder tore across the sky as black and silver light burst from his shattered pendant In the world of Xuanjin where cultivators chase immortality and Heaven decides who may rise, Jin Mu is nothing but a nameless wanderer with no gift for Qi Until the night he is cut down defending a helpless village. Offered a single choice by an old man cloaked in shadow the last remnant of a fallen Immortal to fade into oblivion or seize the power Heaven forbids Jin Mu takes the path no mortal dares to walk.

Seven gods built the world. One of them died for a human. That was their first mistake. Muri was born to be blind, denied and forgotten by his clan. Venit was born wild, powerful and infinite. When a dying goddess places her entire essence into the only human who never flinched at her magnitude — the world stops making its old familiar sense. Thousands of years later, someone finds the key to his prison. They should not have done that. Power born from grief. A storm that remembers who it lost. And a reckoning thousands of years in the making