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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?

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."

Once, Fredricks Mayford was a boy who watched his family die. Now he’s a man the city whispers about in fear. After years in the shadows, he returns to Valemont City, no longer a victim, but a storm in human form. The men who destroyed his life have built empires on his family’s blood, and they still think he’s the same frightened child who vanished years ago. They’re wrong. Fredricks has learned the rules of power, and how to break them. Behind his calm eyes lies a mind sharper than any blade. As he infiltrates their world of wealth, crime, and corruption, he’ll pit his enemies against each other, turn allies into weapons, and bring the city to its knees. But vengeance has a price, and the ghosts of the past don’t stay silent forever.

What if the weakest boy in the world awakened a power that could rewrite reality? Riley Anderson has always been powerless. In a world ruled by awakened abilities and crystal-born hunters, he’s nothing but a forgotten name, mocked, ignored, and left behind. Until the day the system chooses him. When a monster invasion threatens his town, a mysterious interface activates within Riley, unlocking a forbidden power no one has seen before. Weapons born of thought. Predictions of enemy attacks. Insight into the very laws of magic. In one moment, he goes from rejected to unstoppable. But power comes at a cost. Now the academy watches him. Enemies gather in shadows. And Riley is thrown into a team sent on a deadly mission into the unknown. He must hide the truth about his system while battling monsters, traitors, and the dark legacy behind his gift.

After years of hustling just to survive, working odd jobs, skipping meals, and enduring constant mockery. Max had accepted that life would never give him a break. One night, after a humiliating betrayal by the one person he trusted most, his girlfriend. Max lost all hope and stepped into the road, ready to end it all. But fate had other plans. An accident meant to end his life became the very thing that transformed it. When Max woke up, he wasn’t just alive; he was a billionaire. Suddenly, the boy they once laughed at now owned everything they could only dream of. It’s time for Max Luckey, the Undisputed Student Billionaire, to rise and make every single one of them regret ever crossing him.

Earn a few coins, find something to eat, hide at night, survive another day. Life was tough but simple enough for Adam. All he had to do was be a good man and keep his adopted sister safe. It was all good, until one day his peaceful life was disturbed. And in the moment of death, something decided to save his life, but at what cost?***Now Adam can never go back to the simple life he had. When he was forced to follow a new path or find his death. When he was forced to fight back against the world. When he was forced to protect the woman who made his life full of trouble. When the orphan boy who once hid from the night was forced to become the predator who rules the Shadows.

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.

Austin Parker poured his heart and soul into his relationship with his girlfriend of four years. He worked tirelessly, giving up almost everything he had, just to see her happy. He cherished her smile more than anything. Then, one devastating evening, his world shattered. In the very bar where he worked long hours to make ends meet, she publicly dumped him. It wasn't just a simple breakup; it was a cruel humiliation. She introduced her new boyfriend, her voice dripping with disdain as she called Austin a "zero penny," and "poor boy." Little did she know, as those harsh words hung in the air, a twist of fate was about to rewrite Austin's entire story. Unbeknownst to her, the humiliation she so gleefully inflicted was the catalyst for an unimaginable transformation, one that would turn the "zero poor boy" into…a trillionaire