Play-boy

Seventeen years of humiliation. One night of blood. And a legacy that should have stayed buried. Axton Vail thought he was nothing a powerless mistake in a world ruled by cultivation. Until his own family chained him to an altar to harvest his blood. The ritual failed. The seal broke. And the last heir of the Immortal War God woke up. Now, with god-killing power burning through his veins and enemies closing in from every shadow, Axton faces an impossible choice: become the monster they always feared he was, or find a way to stay human while the world tears itself apart trying to end him. In a city where power is everything and blood determines destiny, one boy will learn that the deadliest weapon isn't cultivation it's a war god who refuses to kneel. The hunt has begun. And this time, the prey has teeth.

In Neo-Veridia, time isn’t money. It’s life. Nineteen-year-old Evan is an anomaly. In a city addicted to the dopamine rush of The Exchange—where a roll of the dice can win you a decade or kill you instantly—Evan never gambles. He works. He saves. He survives. He is the only person in the slums with a serious face and a "clean" wrist. But the House always finds a way to break you. When his father is struck down by a rare, fatal glitch in his Life-Clock, Evan is handed a death sentence in the form of a bill: 50 Years. Due in twelve hours. With no collateral and time ticking down, Evan is forced to break his one rule. He enters the neon-soaked underworld of high-stakes gambling. But as he sits at the table, surrounded by desperation and sharks, Evan realizes something terrifying. He isn't just lucky. When he looks at the spinning wheels and shifting cards, he doesn't see chance. He sees math. He sees trajectories. He sees the future. Evan is about to play the most dangerous game in history. He isn't just playing for his father’s life anymore; he’s playing to bankrupt the system that enslaved humanity. The odds are one in a million. Evan likes those odds.

After being brutally slain by a vampire during an apocalyptic cataclysm, Nux Steel finds himself reincarnated into the body of a deceased boy in a realm where magical abilities reign supreme. This new world is inhabited by individuals possessing Soul Books, ancient tomes that unlock Beast Souls, granting mastery over reality. With abilities ranging from terraforming landscapes to ripping apart space and time, these magical beings wield unimaginable power. Nux, however, soon discovers his host body holds the dormant soul of the legendary Beast God, a being of untold might. As Nux awakens the Beast God's soul, he unlocks the secrets of this mystical realm and forges an unyielding determination to conquer this world. Will Nux's unrelenting ambition and newfound powers be enough to reshape destiny, or will the weight of his past life's tragedies define his future?

Ravenswood Boarding High School was a place where Axel Vega never felt safe. At seventeen, he was always the target, mocked and pushed aside by those around him. Every day felt like a battle he could never win. But one night, something strange happened. A sickness spread through the halls, and the once familiar faces of classmates and teachers turned into something terrifying. The school that had always been cruel to him became even darker, and Axel found himself in the middle of it. Now, trapped inside with no way out, everyone was desperate. Whispers of hope pointed at Axel, the boy no one ever cared about before. For the first time, the same people who once hated him now looked to him for help. But why him? And when the moment comes, will Axel help them… or let them suffer?

Damian, a royal prince who is famous for being cruel and sadistic, accidentally meets a small child after slaying a clan of demons. The meeting made him decide to take care of the innocent little boy in secret, who without forgetting had a secret power. "Prince Damian, how long will you continue to take care of Ethan in secret? Would it be better if you took care of him openly? Only he can come in handy and become your strongest weapon!" said the assistant. "He's just an innocent kid, not a weapon! I'll take care of him until he's big even though he'll never recognize my figure," Damian said coldly. What's the next story? Will fate bring Damian and Ethan face to face?

For a millennium, Cyprian Vane served as the Warden of the Hollow Gast, the silent protector who kept the Three Realms from dissolving into the void. He was the greatest strategist of the age, yet on the eve of his final victory, he was impaled by a Sun-Spike—a pillar of solidified light driven into his heart by the very immortal Lords he defended. They didn't want the world saved; they wanted it harvested. Cyprian wakes up nineteen years old, kneeling on the Stone of Penitence. It is the day of his Great Scourging, where his half-brother, Thalric, is set to brand him an outcast and seize his inheritance. But this is not the weak boy they remember. Cyprian has returned with the memories of a thousand wars and a hunger for the Ascension of the Marrow. He will not just reclaim his house; he will hunt the Lords of the Empyrean and shatter the throne that treats the world as a slaughterhouse.

A few months before Emily turns 18, her father dies. She goes to Baguio to live with her mother, her stepfather Miguel, and her half-brother Migo. Emily misses her father terribly that she finds it hard to fit into her new home, despite her mother's sympathetic efforts and her half-brother's irresistible cuteness. Good thing, Emily seems to be friendly enough to have made new pals, like Denver, who, it turns out, sees her as more than a friend. Then Emily meets a mysterious young man who suddenly appears and disappears; and he's always dressed in black leather jacket and denim pants whom she gets to know as Lance Monroe. Emily is smitten by Lance's romantic gestures and protective ways. He teaches her to play the piano, and brings her roses, and he even rescues her from bad guys, and helps her overcome her fears. She feels she has found in Lance her knight in shining armor who will rescue her from her incurable loneliness and deathly sadness. But Emily's family and friends are alarmed that she has become secluded and deluded in her own imaginary world. In the end, she has to decide what matters most to her and where her heart truly is.

"Name's Andrew Lapis, bud. Just your run-of-the-mill guy coasting through a mundane existence. My family? As average as they come, all huddled under the drab roof of a cookie-cutter house. University? Yep, I'm there too, pulling down grades that'd make any 'ordinary' student proud. Except for Logic Reasoning. Turns out, I've got a knack for that—extraordinarily good, if you ask me. My nightly routine? Well, it's a real nail-biter. Me and my buddy, we hit up the same old coffee shop, play the same old card games. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm no slouch when it comes to those cards. You could say I've got some pretty extraordinary skills up my sleeve. But here's the kicker—life was as dull as dishwater, or at least it used to be. That was until I stumbled upon certain people that turned my world from yawn-inducing ordinary to a whirlwind of the extraordinary. My reality? It flipped like a pancake on a hot griddle. Gone were the days of ordinary, replaced by a high-stakes world of dirty dealings and opulent casinos. So yeah, you could say my life went from poker nights to playing dirty, but in the swankiest casinos you ever did see."

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.

Griffin was a powerful figure who ruled the streets with fear. He was cold, ruthless, and untouchable. He built a powerful empire, but was betrayed by someone he trusted. Enemies strike, and Griffin's world falls apart. His son Lucien is left to survive the wreckage. On the day his life should have changed for the better, Lucien is betrayed by the people he trusted most. Framed, Broken. Thrown behind bars for a crime he did not commit. In one night, the world takes everything from him his freedom, his future, and the woman who gave him life. Prison does not make Lucien weak. It kills the boy inside him. When he finally walks free, he leaves his name behind. Lucien is dead. Only Alonzo remains. He did not choose this life. This life chose him. When the past returns, blood will tell.